Dead fish found floating in waters of Rabindra Sarobar

Hundreds of dead fish have been found to be floating in the waters of the Rabindra Sarobar Lake and it has triggered fears of contamination of the water and even poisoning. This has puzzled the officials of Kolkata Improvement Trust (KIT) who are the custodian of the waterbody. They have plans to requisition experts to test the water.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 3 November 2015.

The revelation was made by morning walkers who stroll around the periferi of the water body and they had been taken aback to find hundreds of dead fish. Most of the fish are tiny Khaira fish that are 1.5-2 inches in size and they were floating on the water at the western section (Tollygunge end) of the lake opposite Menoka Cinema.
It seems the dead fish had been appearing over the past couple of days and attracted crows and other scavenging birds in large numbers. As a morning walker of Southern Avenue said - she had been frequenting the lake for 20 years but had never seen such a sight.
Apparently, there was a religious congregation at Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and that had led to an influx of several thousand devotees over the weekend. Many of them had taken baths, and washed clothes and utensils in the stretch of the lake.

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