The dead fish at Delhi’s Sanjay Lake are evidence of how fragile Indian cities have become in the face of climate stress

Category : Climate Change | Location : National  | Posted on 2026-06-01 08:51:21

The images emerging from Sanjay Lake in Delhi are disturbing: cracked lakebeds, shrinking pools of water, and hundreds of dead fish floating to the surface during an intense heatwave. Authorities attributed the incident to a leaking pipeline and reduced inflow during repair work. But a city does not lose a lake ecosystem merely because of one damaged pipe. What collapsed at Sanjay Lake was not only a water supply system — it was an entire system of urban ecological accountability.

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/the-dead-fish-at-delhis-sanjay-lake-are-evidence-of-how-fragile-indian-cities-have-become-in-the-face-of-climate-stress