With the opposition against the cycle track that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to construct around the Powai Lake getting stronger by the day, BJP MP Manoj Kotak on Thursday said the water body’s heritage status should be preserved. He added that the civic body should ensure that the track doesn’t affect the lake’s conservation.

In a letter to Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, the MP from the Northeast constituency and former group leader of the BJP in the BMC underlined the need to conserve the water body. Kotak said that the BMC must first stop the flow of sewage into the lake and clear the water hyacinths.