Over 600 flats vacated after Yelahanka lake overflows
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 600 flats vacated after Yelahanka lake overflows

Hindustan Times  

Over 1600 residents in 604 flats in Bengaluru’s Kendriya Vihar apartments were asked to vacate their apartments after the Yelahanka Lake overflowed due to heavy rains on Sunday. Residents of Kendriya Vihar apartments being rescued in boats after the Yelahanka lake overflowed due to heavy rains in Bengaluru on Monday. Multiple agencies worked all day to pump out water in several other localities of Bengaluru after heavy rains lashed parts of India’s technology capital on Sunday night. “Due to the heavy rain in the city, in the Yelahanka zone, in the Kempegowda ward limits, Yelahanka Lake over-flowed and water flooded into Kendriya Vihar and surrounding areas,” city’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike said in a statement on Monday.

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Bengaluru lakes get a tech upgrade: Two lakes collect 2 million liters in the season’s first showers
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Bengaluru lakes get a tech upgrade: Two lakes collect 2 million liters in the season’s first showers

Hindustan Times  

Recent rainfall has helped Handenahalli and Sollepura lakes in Bengaluru collect nearly 2 million liters of rainwater, a development monitored by SayTrees, a city-based environmental NGO. Check out his post here: To track water retention, SayTrees has installed solar-powered, radar-based sensors in both lakes to measure fluctuations in water levels. According to IISC researcher Dr. TV Ramachandra, Bengaluru had 1,452 …

Bengaluru residents allege 'massive' encroachment of Hulimavu lake, urge immediate action
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengaluru residents allege 'massive' encroachment of Hulimavu lake, urge immediate action

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru residents have raised concerns over alleged large-scale encroachment of Hulimavu Lake, claiming that rapid real estate development has drastically altered the once-thriving water body. A video shared on X by ‘Namma Karnataka Weather’ handle claims encroachment by residential complexes "A video shared on X by ‘Namma Karnataka Weather’ claims encroachment by residential complexes and road construction upon the lake’s …

Flooded Apartment Complex in Bengaluru: A Second Wave of Disaster
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5 months ago

Flooded Apartment Complex in Bengaluru: A Second Wave of Disaster

Hindustan Times  

Heavy rain causes severe flooding in Bengaluru apartment complex, with several residents being rescued from their flooded apartments. The complex, located in Yelahanka, was among the worst affected areas, with waterlogging reported in the compound. The incident comes just a week after a similar flood caused significant damage in the area.

Heavy Rains in Bengaluru: Second Flood in Two Weeks, Residents Evacuated
5 months ago

Heavy Rains in Bengaluru: Second Flood in Two Weeks, Residents Evacuated

The Hindu  

Heavy rains in Bengaluru lead to flooding and inundation in multiple areas. The flood in Kendriya Vihar apartments at Yelahanka has occurred twice in two weeks, with residents being evacuated to safety. Overflowing water from the Doddabommasandra lake has flooded areas and layouts around the lake, including Vidyaranyapura. The city's revenue minister has visited affected areas and is working to …

Development works picks up pace at Bengaluru's Vibhuthipura Lake
6 months ago

Development works picks up pace at Bengaluru's Vibhuthipura Lake

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Following Lokayukta inspection and warning, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike officials have accelerated the development of Vibhutipura Lake. Similarly, the Lokayukta also inspected Gottigere and Jakkur Lakes last week and gave necessary directions to officials to address and fix issues like pollution, sewage inflow, incomplete chain link fencing, and discrepancies between estimates and work executed at the lake. The Lokayukta …

Bengaluru: Lokayukta inspects lakes, orders removal of encroachments
7 months ago

Bengaluru: Lokayukta inspects lakes, orders removal of encroachments

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Following a slew of complaints on poor lake management in the Mahadevpura Zone, Lokayukta Justice BS Patil directed that the lacunae surrounding the Vibhutipura Lake Development Project be fixed, and set a month’s deadline for officials to clear encroachments and establish the boundary of the water body. A team including Upalokayukta Justices KN Phanindra and B Veerappa went on …

Floating cars, flooded roads after heavy rain batters parts of Bengaluru | Story in pictures
3 years, 4 months ago

Floating cars, flooded roads after heavy rain batters parts of Bengaluru | Story in pictures

India Today  

Submerged cars, people wading through knee-deep floodwater - this was the sight in parts of northern Bengaluru on Monday. NDRF personnel at Kendriya Vihar in Bengaluru's Yelhanaka on Monday | PTI Motorists can be seen wading through a waterlogged street in Bengaluru's Yelhanaka on Monday in one picture. A motorist wading through a waterlogged road in Yelahanaka on Monday | …

Appoint NEERI For Scientific Study of Lakes In Bengaluru Within 10 Days : Karnataka HC
5 years, 6 months ago

Appoint NEERI For Scientific Study of Lakes In Bengaluru Within 10 Days : Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High court has set a deadline of 10 days, for the state government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to appoint National Environmental Engineering Institute, which has agreed to carry out an in-depth scientific study of lakes in the city and also recommend steps to revive the existing lakes and find disappeared ones. A division bench of Chief Justice …

Where in Bengaluru, are steps taken to save a poisoned lake?
7 years, 10 months ago

Where in Bengaluru, are steps taken to save a poisoned lake?

The Hindu  

On April 19, two years after accumulating froth inexplicably caught fire at the Bellandur lake, the largest in the city, the National Green Tribunal — in perhaps its strictest order yet — pulled up Bengaluru’s governing bodies. Though the Bellandur lake has been seen frothing, due to the churning of detergents in flowing sewage, sporadically for over two decades, it …

Bengaluru rains: People take to fishing on roads as flooded streets jam traffic
8 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru rains: People take to fishing on roads as flooded streets jam traffic

Firstpost  

Due to the incessant rains in Bengaluru over the past two days, the Bellandur lake in the southeastern part of the city has not only been overflowing but has started frothing again. According to The Newsminute, apart from the areas around the Bellandur lake, Hosur Main Road, NICE road junction below Electronic City flyover, Old Madras Raod, Hulimavu, Arekere area …

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