Polluted Lake Burns

Residents in Bangalore, India, were alarmed earlier this week when a local lake caught fire.

For several weeks, Bellandur Lake has been covered with several feet of toxic foam that some have said resembles snow from far away, according to The Hindu.

Beneath the snow-white lather, the water has turned black from chemicals and sewage.

Over the years, the 9,000-acre Bellandur lake in India's technology capital has been polluted by chemicals and sewage.

Bellandur Lake which lies to the southeast of the city of Bangalore, and is the largest lake in the city. 

It is a part of Bellandur drainage system that drains the southern and the southeastern parts of the city. 

The lake is a receptor from three chains of lakes upstream, and has a catchment area of about 148 square kilometres (37,000 acres). 

Water from this lake flows further east to the Varthur Lake, from where it flows down the plateau and eventually into the Pinakani river basin. 

It is currently highly polluted with sewage, and in May 2015 the foam covering the water surface caught fire and burned for hours. 

What will it take for the world to realize that pollution is harmful to our survival?