DC forms panel to probe ‘pollution’ of Kabini backwaters
The Mysuru Deputy Commissioner has formed a committee to investigate allegations of untreated waste being dumped into the Kabini dam backwaters by tourism establishments. The committee is tasked with inspecting resorts and hotels to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and protect local water sources.
Why it matters
Highlights the tension between tourism-driven economic development and the preservation of critical water ecosystems.
Acting on allegations of pollution of the Kabini dam backwaters by tourism-related commercial establishments, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to investigate complaints of “untreated liquid waste discharge and indiscriminate dumping of solid waste” into the river ecosystem. The committee has been directed to submit an action taken report within 15 days.
The decision comes in the wake of complaints from the Save Kabini Horata Samiti, comprising environmental activists, farmers, pro-Kannada and social activists and local residents, alleging that the Kabini backwaters were being polluted by the discharge of untreated sewage and dumping of solid waste.
Water from Kabini dam is an important source of drinking water for the people in Mysuru and surrounding areas. Kabini backwaters attract lot of tourists.
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