The state government in India’s state of Jammu and Kashmir has installed two more sewage treatment plants on the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. <br /><br />[Erfan Yaseen, Vice-Chairman, Lakes and Waterways Development Authority]: (gender unknown, Urdu) <br />"Five sewage treatment plants with a capacity of eight million gallons a day are under construction. So much sewage can be cleaned by each of these plants everyday." <br /><br />But the locals say that the two new sewage treatment plants will not be enough to clean Dal Lake. <br /><br />[Imtiyaz Ahmed, Local]: (gender unknown, Urdu) <br />"Nothing will change with only two sewage treatment plants. There should be at least five or 10 plants like these, because Dal is a very big area. The currently installed filtration plants don't work properly and sometimes they don't work at all, and that is why it is a must to have a minimum of 10 plants." <br /><br />Authorities have blamed the unrest in the Kashmir Valley for delays in work, but remain confident of completing it by June 2011.
