These are picture of a several hundred year old water-body which has mention in some Mughal texts, as well. The water body is called “Neel Hauz”, and to protect the same, they have finally started building a Flyover above the same (so far as I know this happened after a PIL by someone in Vasant Kunj, against the government who wanted to ‘fill’ the water body to construct a road).
It is a shame, and probably a conspiracy of the government, to not renew the contract for harvesting fish from the same, as has been the case for years. The water body is dying, with all the Water Hyacinth spread over the complete lake for months now.
More than an oversight, it seems like a conspiracy to “kill” the lake, and fill it eventually. If this is not a conspiracy then, anyway, these idiots in the Delhi government, need to be put behind bars for such callousness and poor governance.
It is indeed a shame! We are proving to be the worst inheritors of our inheritance-natural and cultural. We live in dirt and filth and are worse than animals. Our past generations were sensitive to the context. We are just living in a trance set by the west.
What can be done? Can we spend some time for the environment around to begin with? Can we not depend on Government and take things upon ourself. I propose that we contribute to clean the lake. My assessment is that it would not cost more than a lakh to clear up for one instance. Then, the momentum can pick up and sustanined. just 20 of us can make a difference to start with. What do you think?
Hi Palash,
Yes, it would be a good slap on the face of the government if this could happen. We ofcourse, to build a larger community of people willing to do this.
If we can build that community, another option of pressuring the government to get their act together and clean up the lake, also opens up.
Key question is how do we gather the strength in Vasant Kunj of concerned citizens; the people are there; it is a question of how to get them together on a common discussion platform. I am hoping that the Vasant Kunj Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/vasantkunj would act as such a platform. How could we advertise about this, and bring people over there?