The Times of India 02.05.2013
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority’s unique ‘Adopt a Lake’ plan
With an objective of involving all stakeholders like
individuals/corporates/institutions in lake protection, a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for lake adoption would be finalised by the Lake
Protection Committee soon. Interested
individuals/corporates/institutions have to maintain constant vigil by
employing suitable watch and ward team to monitor the encroachments,
debris dumping, constructions or tampering of ‘full tank level'(FTL)
boundaries. They also have to maintain vigil at all inlets and outlets
to keep the lake pollution free.
The interested parties have to
submit a detailed proposal to HMDA’s Lake Protection Committee on how
the lake could be maintained and upgraded to make it
environment-friendly with proper bio-diversity. The HMDA would soon
invite Expression Of Interest (EOI) from the different stakeholders to
finalise the terms and conditions. of the draft MoU.