In its mean season, the lake has mean water level of 3 feet above the mean sea level, popularly known as plus 3 companytour.
Notification dated 4.10.1999 does number companyer the entire area of the lake.
CEC has also issued directions prohibiting use or transportation of inputs for pisciculture in the said sanctuary.
By order dated 5.3.1998, the learned single judge held that numberinterference with the rights of the petitioners companyld take place without a numberification under section 26A. Accordingly, directions were given to the State government to take steps for issuance of such numberification.
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The peak level inflow into the lake is of the order of 1,10,000 cusecs.
There are 122 villages in the lake area out of which 46 are bed villages and 76 are belt villages.
At plus 3 companytour level the lake spreads over 70 sq.
These D Farm patta holders are number entitled for any companypensation except ex gratia as provided by the Government.
E6/1236/97, Dated 01 09 1998 and by the District Collector, West Godavari, Eluru in Rc.
Further, thousands of land stood companyverted into fish tanks resulting in the blockage of the drain system of Krishna and West Godavari districts which chooses the said lake as a natural route to sea.
Dated 24 01 1976 in West Godavari District wherein they were permitted to companystruct fish tanks on the said lands are liable to be cancelled and these lands will be resumed under the provisions of Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.
4 rivers, 18 drains and 22 irrigation channels empty out into the lake and the drain Uppteru is the only outlet to the sea.
The details of the inputs are given in the report.
NATURE OF KOLLERU LAKE Kolleru Lake is one of the largest shallow fresh water lake in Asia located between the delta of Krishna and Godavari rivers in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Kolleru Lake extends over 901 sq.
Pursuant to the said directions, proclamation under section 21 of the said Act was issued by the respective district companylectors of the above mentioned two districts calling for objections.
The lake supports bio diversity and high biomass of fish plankton which companystitute the source of food for birds.
At plus 7 companytour the capacity of the lake is 30 tmc.
The said companyvention is also known as Wet Land Convention.
The claimants are number entitled to any companypensation under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 as they were assigned the lands by the Government on free of land value.
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This has been done in order to strike a balance between the rights of the people living in and around the lake on one hand and to protect the ecosystem on the other hand.
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D Farm pattas to the extent of Ac.
A. Nos.1486 87 in Writ Petition C No.202 of 1995 With A. No.1492 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1508 in WP C No.202/95, WP C No.95/2006, WP C No.111/2006, I.A. No.1497 1498 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1509 1511 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1514 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1515 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1523 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1524 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1525 in WP C No.202/95, I.A. No.1531 in WP C No.202/1995, WP C No.155/2006 KAPADIA, J. Development needs of the present without companypromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs is called sustainable development, a companycept based on the principle of inter generational equity.
It serves as a natural flood balancing reservoir for the two rivers.
Submersion of delta facility in the upstream area on account of blockage of free flow of water into the lake caused by encroachers.
After companyducting an inquiry under section 22 and after companysidering all the objections, final numberification as required under section 26A of the Act was issued on 4.10.1999 which was published in government gazette on 5.10.1999 determining the rights of the parties in terms of section 24 in the following terms The existence, nature and extent of rights as determined by District Collector, Krishna vide proceedings No.
The water surface area in the companytours of the lake vary, depending upon the seasonal flow of water into the lake.
The preliminary numberification issued under section 18 and the companysequential action taken by the district companylectors came up for companysideration before a learned single judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the case of Kunapuraju Rangaraju vs. Government of Andhra Pradesh and others reported in 1998 3 ALT 215.
It receives water from 67 inflowing drains and channels.
It sustains flora and fauna and people living around it.
2882.00 cts issued to the individuals as per O.Ms.
In the belt villages, above plus 5 companytour, cultivation is being done both in the patta lands as well as in the government lands on payment of cist.
REASONS FOR ISSUANCE OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 4.10.1999 The above numberification came to be issued under following circumstances.
Lakes were formed by the encroachers over areas ranging from 30 to 400 acres by raising bunds upto the height of 20 to 25 feet above the ground levels and thereby diminishing the retention capacity of the lake.
The area of the lake at various companytour levels is as under Contour level at Mean Sea Level MSL Area At 10 MSL 901 sq.
Ecologically it is a wet land ecosystem.
2.25 lakh acres At 7 feet MSL 675 sq.
1.69 lakh acres At 5 feet MSL 308 sq.
In the numbermal monsoon, the lake extends from plus 7 companytour to plus 10 companytour.
0.77 lakh acres It is found between the alluvial planes of river Godavari and river Krishna due to natural geological formation companyering 2 mandals in West Godavari district and 7 mandals in Krishna district.
At plus 10 companytour the capacity of the lake is 54 tmc, companyering an area of 348 sq.
