water hyacinth is a floating plant and grows very rapidly in fresh water areas thus covering the whole lake or ponds.
it blocks the sunlight and and oxygen killing fishes and becomes breeding place for mosquitoes.
this is saheb bandh lake on which large number of people depend for drinking water and it is blocking the water at the supply line. the government started to clear the plant and it took more than 6 months.large number of dead fishes were found and the water was unsuitable for drinking for a year due to the smell and parasites in the water .
