EYESORE NO MORE?: If the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) officials are to be believed, the Hussainsagar which at present is a dumping ground for industrial and domestic waste, will in two month’s time sport a clean look. Huda is acquiring two ‘dredge utility crafts’ (DUCs), one from Switzerland and the other from Kochi to clean up the tonnes of garbage from the lake. The DUCs will arrive next month and the work will start in August. The units don’t come cheap though_the Swiss model costing as much as Rs 1.25 crore and the Kochi one with a Rs 75 lakh price tag. One has to wait and see if these models can pump life back into the dying lake which was once the city’s pride and even a drinking water source. Apart from the clean-up operation, isn’t it imperative that officials first check the source of pollution in the lake and take severe action against the guilty parties?
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