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Garbage cans should be placed away from the
lake areas.
Solid water should not be disposed in the
lakes.
Sewerage water from hotels, industries and
houses needs to undergo ETP before being
disposed in lakes.
Strict policy-making and its implementation is
required as it will help in maintaining the bio-
diversity of the lakes of Udaipur City.
Thus aquatic resources at Udaipur City can be
maintained if anthropogenic activities are
checked by educating Udaipurites through
various awareness programmes. It is not a day's
task but needs a joint effort of all. Only aquatic
resources in the form of various species of fauna
and fl ora will add to the beauty of Lake City - the
Kashmir of Rajasthan. Aquatic resources are a
bliss; they should be conserve. Policy-making is
not enough, but their proper implementation is
the need of the hour.
Conclusions
The lake is polluted due to disposal of sewer-
age directly into surface drains of surface
water bodies.
Large-scale and uncontrolled mining of mar-
ble and other minerals leading to heavy defor-
estation of hill slopes.
Catchment area degradation and soil erosion
causing deposition of sediments and distur-
bance of the ecosystem of the area.
Encroachments.
Dumping of solid, liquid waste, destruction of
submerged areas and over-exploitation of
aquatic resources of Udaipur City.
Poor governance.
Lack of citizens' and stakeholders' participa-
tion in the management of the lakes.
Due to deteriorated water quality, out of 42
species of fi shes including mahseer and all
major carp fi shes, only 17 species of fi shes
have survived.
In the catchment area of Fateh Sagar Lake,
Pichhola effl uents from synthetic fi bre mills
and soft drink plants, hotels, etc. are discharged.
Apart from bathing and washing, vehicles are
also washed in Lake Fateh Sagar and Pichhola.
There is prolifi c growth of foul-smelling blue-
green algae, which is neurotoxic and cannot be
eradicated by normal fi ltration.
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No policy implementation for boring in the city.
Suggestions
Anthropogenic activities should be controlled
like motor boating, bathing, washing, etc.
Public awareness to be made by various local
means of communication like radio, TV, street
play and banners.
Syllabus in primary, secondary, senior second-
ary and at higher education should be framed
keeping the education of the area among them.
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