Watch: Bengaluru's Bellandur lake continues to froth

TheBellandur lake in Bengaluru continues to pollute the city with untreated sewage"overflowing"out of the lake.

The lake once inhabited flourishing ecosystem hasnow reduced to a stinking drain.

The lake burned for hours in 2015 when it caught fire in May.The city also witnessed the foam "overflowing"out of the lake during the recent rain in the city.

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The situation has not changed much as the frothing continues even today.

The white discharge from the lake overflows into residential areas and roads, often disrupting the traffic.

The toxic foam has caused breathing problemsand irritation in the skin, reports said. The carcinogenic foam has also led to serious health hazards.

The white froth over the lake is majorly the result of a directdischarge of untreated domestic waste in it. Out of the total waste dumped into the lake, 90- 95 per cent accounts for domestic waste.

An IIT Bengaluru research stated that around 90 per cent of the lakes in Bengaluru were affected because of the " sustained inflow of untreated sewage and industrial effluents", a report said.