Mysuru: Following a Spot-Billed Pelican’s death at Kukkarahalli Lake, officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) visited the Lake this morning and collected the water samples in the area where the Pelican had died. The water is smelly and greenish in colour and four bottles have been collected which will be sent to the KSPCB Laboratory in Hebbal.
Pollution Control Board Officer Geetha told SOM that earlier too when the Kukkarahalli Lake was frothing in July this year, the KSPCB bad collected water samples and had declared that the Lake water was polluted due to uncontrolled sewage flow.
