Residents Protest Drainage Discharge into Bathukammakunta

Hyderabad: Residents living near Bathukammakunta lake in Amberpet have raised concerns over municipal staff discharging household drainage through manholes into the lake’s stormwater outlet channels, causing foul smells and mosquito breeding in the area.

Residents said municipal staff had recently dug up manholes and carried out repairs to drainage pipelines.

However, instead of ensuring that sewage flowed through the proper drainage network, the staff allegedly left the pipelines discharging into the stormwater channel leading from Bathukammakunta lake.

“They are just letting the waste accumulate in the channel, causing severe problems for us in the neighbourhood.

The stench is unbearable after 9 pm,” a resident told Deccan Chronicle.

They also expressed concern over the increasing mosquito menace, stating that stagnant wastewater has created conditions conducive to mosquito breeding.

Residents said people in the neighbourhood had been suffering from fevers, including dengue and malaria, and urged the authorities to address the problem before the situation worsened.

Residents questioned why municipal staff had left household drainage flowing into the stormwater channel after carrying out repairs.

They urged civic authorities to ensure that sewage was diverted into the proper drainage network and that accumulated waste was cleared.

“This is not a small issue that can be ignored.

We are forced to live with the foul smell every night, and the mosquitoes are making matters worse.

The authorities must understand the difficulties faced by families living here and resolve the problem immediately,” another resident said.

HYDRAA officials said the canal is a stormwater canal, and that it falls under the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

GHMC officials did not respond to Deccan Chronicle about the issue.