Hyderabad: The mixing of blood, tissues and abdominal fluids in the drainage leads to health hazards with the proliferation of harmful bacteria and viruses.
These fluids mix in the drainage and create a bad smell. It also allows a lot of decomposing worms and other micor-organisms to flourish in the drainage.
A senior doctor on condition of anonymity explained, “People who live along these drainage lines have to ensure that their drinking water pipelines are maintained properly. Else, it can lead to severe contamination. It can lead to different kinds of skin infections and as there are various micro-organisms, it allows the bad bacteria to survive in different forms.”
A major worry is that most of these drains mix into the Musi river. Environmentalists say it makes the soil around the riverbed full of toxic waste.
Madhu Choudhary, an environmental engineer, explained, “The soil around the lakebed and the riverside is not fertile any longer as it has a lot of sewage outlets opening to it.
“Most of them are filled with toxic waste. Hence if there are vegetables and other small crops being cultivated, there are chances of them being contaminated.”
