India, June 25 -- Environmentalists allege nearly 1,000 trees have dried up near Faridabad's Badkhal Lake after coming into contact with treated sewage water released into the lake.

The water is supplied from a 10 MLD sewage treatment plant under a Smart City project to recharge the lake.

Residents of nearby Badkhal village have raised concerns that contaminated lake water may be seeping into groundwater.

Smart City officials say the treated water meets prescribed norms, but experts have called for fresh testing of lake water, soil and groundwater.

Nearly 1,000 trees have dried up near Badkhal Lake in Faridabad after coming into contact with treated sewage water stored in the lake, local environmentalists have alleged. The water, rele...