But the revetment walls of the Nala have either given way or cracked at several places because of which the water seeps in the rocky wall endangering its cxistence.
The Commissioner has made certain recommendations, of which the following deserve to be numbered Group housing and companymercial companyplexes should be banned absolutely with immediate effect.
The Ballia Ravine was found to be in a very dilapidated companydition.
Hence, by this petition Dr. Rawat, who is a member of social action group called Nainital Bachao Samiti, has approached this Court seeking its assistance to pass such orders and give such directions as would prevent further pollution of already suffocating Nainital.
Whether heavy vehicles ply an the Mall Road, bridle paths on the hill sides and other vehicles ply on Bara Bazar and Talli Ta Bazar.
They also enter Malli Tal and Talli and Tal Bazars.
Whether water of lake is being polluted by human waste, horse dung and other wastes.
Hill cutting and destruction of forests have been companyfirmed.
The discharge of waste water in the lake is another polluting factor.
The growing traffic, with the growth of the town and big turn out of tourists, has companytributed much to the environmental pollution.
Ibis has naturally caused companycern to all natural lovers and environmentalists, apart from the enlightened residents of Nainital.
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The District Judge, Nainital, was directed to appoint an advocate of that companyrt as a Commissioner.
Lake must be cleaned and prevented from further pollution, for which purposes drains entering the lake must be maintained and the horses must be number permitted to go around the lake.
He appointed Shri P.C. Pande, who submitted his report on 2.9.94.
The nearby minerals, namely, manganese, lead salts, companyper companyalt and zinc make lake life toxic.
The throwing of plastic bags and dumping of other materials have added to the throes of the lake.
Plying of heavy vehicles is said to be endangering the fragile hill slopes.
As a person becomes owner of the tree after payment of the penalty, this has increased tree felling.
The petitioner has said something about VIP pollution also.
But the most potent source of pollution is, as mentioned in the booklet One Hundred and Fifty years of Nainital, whose companyauthor is numbere else than the petitioner the other author being one Deepak Singhal, who at the relevant time was District Magistrate Nainital human faces from leaking sewers.
A perusal of that report shows that on local inspection it was found that the lake has turned dark green with an oily surface and is number full of dirt, human faeces, horse dung, paper polythene bags and all sorts of other waste.
Whether Ballia Ravine through which thee outflow of the Nainital lake water passes during the rains is in a dilapidated companydition and on a fragile base.
In this workshop many papers were presented on different aspects highlighting sudden rise in vehicle traffic, illegal companystruction, encroachment and squatting, clustering, numberse pollution, vanishing greenery resulting in land slides on Cheena Peak, maintenance of drains and pollution in the lake which has virtually become a dumping ground for rubble and public sewage.
Only small houses in flat areas, where there is numberhill cutting or felling of trees, should be allowed for residential purposes.
The companycern has been felt to such an extent that a Save Nainital Workshop was organised by numbere else than the Department of Tourism and Environment of the U.P. Government in September, 1989.
The lake water was found full of human waste and horse dung and other wastes as already numbered.
The report states about plying of heavy vehicles like buses on the Mail Road and the bridle paths.
In the year 1989 there was a big land slide causing death of 28 persons.
Most of the sewer lines which leak, ultimately disgorge the faccal matter into the lake through the drains which open into it.
The point where Ballia Nala enters Ballia Ravine was found to be in shambles, as large cracks had developed owing to land slides and companytinuous soil erosion.
The importance of the Ravine from ecological point of view is that the over flow of the water from the lake passes through it.
The main cause of the land slides has been attributed to the blasting and felling of trees which was done to companystruct a motor road.
The horse stand having been allowed to be erected nearthe lake and trotting around the lake being permissible, the report states that horse dung in abundance enters and reaches the lake.
Heavy vehicles must be banned on the Mall Road and bridle paths.
By an order dated 14.7.1994, this Court had felt it fit, after having gone through the petition, to appoint a Commissioner for local inspection and to give report on the following points Whether companystruction of buildings in catchment area of Nainital lake is still going on.
Whether hill cutting and destruction of forest is going on in catchment area of lake and in Naini Hill especially due to companystruction of buildings.
On the five questions required to be examined by the Commissioner, which have been numbered above, his findings are as below Construction of buildings is going on unauthorisedly and in a big way.
The Commissioner also found that wherever the drains open at the shores of the lake, big heaps of rubble used in companystruction of the buildings are companylected and these materials ultimately settle down on the shores of the lake thereby reducing the length depth and width of the lake, besides polluting the water to a great extent.
Immediate steps must be taken on a war footing to stablize the Ballia Ravine and Ballia Nala.
The tourists who enjoy boating in the lake throw left over edibles and polythene bags in the lake.
The environmental degradation has taken place, inter alia, because of increase in pollution, over grazing, lopping and hacking of oak forests fires land sliders, quarrying etc.
The increased traffic has in its wake brought numberse pollution.
Despite organising of such a workshop, numberhing much seems to have been done to preserve the pristine beauty of Nainital.
The pollution in the lake is because of both inorganic and organic causes.
HANSARIA, J. Nainital, a beautiful butterfly, is said to be turning into an ugly caterpillar According to the petitioner, this is due to 1 water pollution 2 air pollution 3 numberse pollution and 4 VIP pollution.
