VAN - After the Van Lake receded up to 2 kilometers in some places due to reliction and global warming, the pollution in the lake became visible. Failure to clean the 12 streams flowing into the lake is among the biggest causes of water pollution.

 

After the Van Lake receded up to 2 kilometers in some places due to reliction and global warming, the pollution in the lake came into light. The garbage heaps that emerge in the areas where the water is low, also endanger human health. The garbage, which has not been cleaned by the authorized institutions until now, started reek.

 

STREAMS CARRY WASTE TO THE LAKE

 

Since the 12 streams flowing into the lake are not cleaned, garbage is constantly flowing in the streams and physical pollution caused by plastic bags, plastic bottles, glass shards, pieces of cloth and various metal boxes has reached significant proportions as well as biological pollution. The lack of environmental awareness and the wastes not collected by the officials on time, as well as the discharge of solid and liquid wastes into streams play a leading role in this pollution.

 

WASTE IS NOT CLEANED

 

The pollution accumulated on the floor of the lake with the receding waters on the coast of the central Tusba district also became visible. The beach, where there are many wastes from vehicle tires to plastic and glass bottles, has not been cleaned by either the Metropolitan Municipality or the AKP's Tusba Municipality until now.