Visakhapatnam’s toxic stormwater drains threaten ecosystem
Visakhapatnam is facing significant environmental challenges as its stormwater drainage system is increasingly overwhelmed by untreated wastewater. The city's rapid urban growth has outpaced its sewerage infrastructure, leading to pollution in natural channels that discharge into the Bay of Bengal.
Why it matters
This highlights the critical intersection of rapid urbanization, failing public infrastructure, and environmental degradation in coastal cities.
The disturbing sight of plastic waste and other debris floating on the stagnant waters near the outfall of a stormwater drain, where it converges with the Bay of Bengal at Pedda Jalaripeta—one of Visakhapatnam’s most historic fishing settlements—has become a regular view.
The article reports on environmental data and official government submissions without taking a political stance.
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