Water in Sanjay lake is deteriorating as people throw pooja offering products while surrounding area of the lake is becoming a place of disreputable activities during day time.
Sajay lake, an artificial lake constructed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in 1970 which is surrounded by Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri and Mayur Vihar Phase III. Spread over 60 hectares, the lake and park are the destination of nature's lovers in the highly populated Capital.
Water body has been becoming ostracized among nature lovers due to un-prohibited entries of people with alcohol and other drug items whereas polluted water of lake is also impact adversely on the foliage food of local birds.
According to Mayur Vihar residents, migratory birds used to flock the lake but now birds are declining. There are few ducks now. “The natural vegetation for these ducks is also lacking now because it is being polluted by the visitors. Items like plastic bags and alcohol bottles are thrown by the visitors, said Neelam Bhardwaj, a student of Delhi University and a bird watcher.
The water body depends on rainwater but residents near Trilokpuri claim that due to reduced amount of water, the lake is on the verge of extinction whereas environmentalists also said that due to less rainfall in initial months of this year, water in lake is also decreasing.
“lake has lost its originality with the concretizations of its surrounding areas and people who reside near the lake washed cloths and take bath in it. The revive of lake can invite birds now, earlier this lake was popular destination of ornithologists as many category of migratory birds were come,” said T K Roy, Ecologist.
Earlier, in 2009 land owning agency DDA handed over the park area to Delhi tourism who proposed to construct a mini adventure park. And in 2015, the lake with Adventure Park was inaugurated by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The adventure park was claimed to have been developed on Wild West theme with the extensive use of natural materials like wood and jute rope however there is no development was seen there.