India, Dec. 3 -- After reporting earlier this year that water at south Delhi's Satpula Lake was failing quality norms due to eutrophication (high algal bloom), the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has now told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that fresh samples from both the lake and the adjoining sewage treatment plant (STP) largely meet the standards for propagation of wildlife fisheries. The committee added that the STP is operational and treating sewage before it enters the lake.

The update follows NGT's August directive asking the DPCC to conduct a fresh inspection of the lake after receiving conflicting accounts on sewage discharge into the water body. A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava noted tha...