Anantnag, Dec. 24 -- An expert team from the Department of Fisheries visited the Martand Sun Temple on Wednesday to inspect the reason behind the deaths of fishes.

One representative from the Fishery faculty, Aadil Husein, shared the findings after testing the water and fish.

He said they had come into contact with opportunistic pathogens due to stress from the water derailment.

"There was some water quality derailment. The fish samples revealed bacterial infestation. This has caused stress, which has most likely led to the dominance of the opportunistic pathogens and resulted in the fish mortality."

When asked about what the next steps should be for the outbreak, the representative said that they have mentioned the precautionary meth...