Bengaluru residents allege 'massive' encroachment of Hulimavu lake, urge immediate action
1 month 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 expanse, sparking outrage among citizens." BBMP responds In response to the viral post, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Integrated Command Control Centre acknowledged the complaint, replying with an automated message stating, "Dear citizen, your complaint has been registered @BBMP Sahaaya. Others lamented the loss of Bengaluru’s water bodies, with one user stating that the city “could have remained a garden city if not for corrupt politicians and authorities.” Some citizens believe legal action is the only solution, urging civic activists to file a Public Interest Litigation in the High Court to force government departments to act against encroachments.

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Citizens, experts pursue legal action to protect Bengaluru’s water bodies from waste dumping
1 week, 2 days ago

Citizens, experts pursue legal action to protect Bengaluru’s water bodies from waste dumping

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Citizens, activists and experts are worried of the increasing incidents of dumping of waste in water bodies, especially those in Bengaluru outskirts. This comes after citizens approached a team of researchers at the IISc to protect Mylasandra Lake in Ramesh Layout from increasing illegal encroachment and dumping of construction and debris waste and garbage. In an email to the …

Whose city? Whose keres? Mapping the State-backed evictions of Bengaluru’s lake communities
2 months, 1 week ago

Whose city? Whose keres? Mapping the State-backed evictions of Bengaluru’s lake communities

The Hindu  

From more than 1,000 at a point of time, Bengaluru’s keres or lakes have come down to around 200. And to legitimise these dispossessions, the state and judiciary have often resorted to environmental concerns, argues Achintya Anita Gurumurthy, a former research fellow at NCBS, who recently spoke at ‘Research Talks’ held by NCBS. Bengaluru’s unique case While such evictions happen …

HYDRAA chief learns a trick or two from Bengaluru’s lake revival strategy
4 months, 1 week ago

HYDRAA chief learns a trick or two from Bengaluru’s lake revival strategy

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Bengaluru’s resilient approach in mitigation of floods and restoration of lakes like Jakkur and Yelahanka impressed Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency Commissioner A V Ranganath. Ranganath, who has cracked down hard on the land mafia and encroachers in Hyderabad by demolishing structures on lakes and drains, visited the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitor Centre on Thursday and …

Flooded Apartment Complex in Bengaluru: A Second Wave of Disaster
Top News
4 months, 3 weeks 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
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Mandalas Cry for Help: MNCs Considering Relocating From Bengaluru Due to Poor Infrastructure
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mandalas Cry for Help: MNCs Considering Relocating From Bengaluru Due to Poor Infrastructure

ABP News  

Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai has expressed his frustration over the poor road conditions on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Bengaluru. Pai called out the government for their negligence and said that MNCs are considering relocating their offices to cities outside the state due to these issues. He highlighted the lack of action taken by the authorities to address …

Heavy rain leaves parts of Bengaluru inundated
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Heavy rain leaves parts of Bengaluru inundated

The Hindu  

Following heavy rainfall on Saturday night, several areas in the city were inundated, and 15 trees and 44 tree branches came crashing down. Apartments, layouts inundated In Yelahanka, the basement of Kendriya Vihar apartments was flooded, leaving vehicles submerged in water as a 50 feet of the compound wall collapsed, causing water from Yelahanka Lake to flood the apartment premises. …

Bengaluru: Lokayukta inspects lakes, orders removal of encroachments
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Every spell leaves Bengaluru in a flood of misery
7 months, 1 week ago

Every spell leaves Bengaluru in a flood of misery

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Every time the city receives heavy rain, roads turn into rivers, homes get flooded, underpasses become death traps, and business gets affected. Citizens and civic activists are left wondering if the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike learns any lessons at all and why it can’t take permanent measures to prevent a repeat of rain-related emergencies. Many residents, frustrated with having …

Bengaluru rains: Ordeal of residents in layouts prone to flooding continues
7 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru rains: Ordeal of residents in layouts prone to flooding continues

The Hindu  

The daily wage labourers residing at an independent house at Sri Sai Layout woke up when their shirts started to feel moist, only to see water surrounding them. Neelufar Ahmed, the owner of the house who has rented the ground floor to daily wage labourers, said at least 25-30 houses in the layout were flooded following heavy rain on Sunday …

Bengaluru weather alert: Waterlogged BTM Layout causes traffic snarls
7 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru weather alert: Waterlogged BTM Layout causes traffic snarls

Live Mint  

The BTM layout area in Bengaluru, Karnataka was heavily waterlogged, causing traffic snarls, as rainfall wreaked havoc in the city on Monday. Heavy rainfall for Karnataka The India Meteorological Department has predicted “very heavy rainfall” over many regions of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and north interior Karnataka for the coming five days till August 17. The IMD has predicted “isolated heavy …

Rainy days continue in Bengaluru as villas and roads get flooded
10 months ago

Rainy days continue in Bengaluru as villas and roads get flooded

The Hindu  

Cars and bikes were damaged in a residential complex’s basement, while roads were flooded in various other parts, as Bengaluru received heavy to moderate rainfall on Saturday and Sunday. Heavy rain resulted in flooded roads in Yelahanka, Byatarayanapura, Hessarghatta Road, Hebbal, and other parts of North Bengaluru and Central Business District areas. The primary cause of water entering the apartment …

Bengaluru Rains: Social Media 'Drenched' in Memes As Residents Seek Humour Amid Heavy Downpour
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengaluru Rains: Social Media 'Drenched' in Memes As Residents Seek Humour Amid Heavy Downpour

News 18  

Since the early hours of October 9, Bengaluru has been under a constant deluge of rain, leading to widespread traffic jams and flooding across the city. One mirthful user couldn’t resist commenting, “Spice Garden is back with Water Sports activities…Side jump, long jump, swimming, pulling vehicle, pushing vehicle, guessing potholes, etc.” Another humourously remarked, “It’s time to learn how to …

Bengaluru Lakes: High Court Directs BBMP, Sewage Board, PCB & Other State Authorities To Jointly Prepare Plan For Removing Encroachments
1 year, 7 months ago

Bengaluru Lakes: High Court Directs BBMP, Sewage Board, PCB & Other State Authorities To Jointly Prepare Plan For Removing Encroachments

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, State Urban Development and Revenue Departments, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to jointly come out with an action plan to remove all encroachments on Storm Water Drains and lakes in Bengaluru City. One of the important remedial measures is in the …

2,052 Encroachments in Bengaluru Cleared, BBMP Tells HC
2 years, 5 months ago

2,052 Encroachments in Bengaluru Cleared, BBMP Tells HC

News 18  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has informed the High Court of Karnataka that 2,052 encroachments on storm water drains have been removed so far. The HC bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe was hearing a petition by ‘Citizens Action Group’ and others on Wednesday. During the hearing the HC was informed by the BBMP’s counsel that 50 per …

Bengaluru lakes have turned into garbage dumping yards
2 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru lakes have turned into garbage dumping yards

The Hindu  

The areas near Hulimavu lake near Bannerghatta road — once a quiet locality outside Bengaluru city — is now a prime location for real estate. Despite several complaints being given to the civic body, the officials are not acting against it or working towards putting an end to such menace.” “The waste dumped in the lake causes several problems; plastic …

Bengaluru floods: When lakes overflowed
2 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru floods: When lakes overflowed

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:00 IST When it began to rain heavily late in the afternoon on September 4, K.P. Consequently, roads along the Outer Ring Road, houses in low-lying areas, basements, and lower floors of apartment complexes in a broad swathe running from north-east Bengaluru to the south-eastern part were flooded. The situation was dire in some of …

Anti-encroachment drive in Bengaluru skips over lakes as BBMP faces multiple hurdles
2 years, 6 months ago

Anti-encroachment drive in Bengaluru skips over lakes as BBMP faces multiple hurdles

The Hindu  

As Bengalureans try to move on from the deluge that crippled normal life recently, the focus was back on the city’s neglected lakes, many of which rose from inconspicuousness with a fury rarely seen before. But so far, no action has been taken to remove encroachments on lakes, which is also one of the major reasons for the flood-like situation …

Probe into closing, encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru will be done: CM
2 years, 6 months ago

Probe into closing, encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru will be done: CM

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday informed the State Legislative Assembly that he would get an inquiry into closing of lakes in Bengaluru and encroachments done. Repeated pandemonium prevailed in the Assembly as the ruling BJP, especially Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, tried to turn the tables on the opposition Congress, accusing it of having taken decisions in the …

'Namma' Bengaluru Has Tech & Tools to Prevent Redux of Sept Floods. All It Needs Now is Will - News18
2 years, 6 months ago

'Namma' Bengaluru Has Tech & Tools to Prevent Redux of Sept Floods. All It Needs Now is Will - News18

News 18  

“We have clearly lost respect for nature’s line and contours. While dumping of waste in the storm water drains and tanks is another major hurdle that needs to be addressed, Ravi Chander and Rao say there is an urgent need to integrate urban agriculture and other revenue-generating activities around the tanks, especially during the dry seasons on the tank beds. …

Bengaluru encroachment: Kiran Shaw calls for penalty on BBMP, BDA & builders
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru encroachment: Kiran Shaw calls for penalty on BBMP, BDA & builders

Live Mint  

As the anti-encroachment drive reached its fourth day in Bengaluru, Biotechnology industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw highlighted the issue of granting permission to encroachments by the city civic bodies and also suggested penalising them for doing so. In line with the ongoing anti-encroachment drive, she asked for a parallel investigation into how the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Bangalore Development Authority …

Civic body continues demolition of illegal structures in Bengaluru
2 years, 6 months ago

Civic body continues demolition of illegal structures in Bengaluru

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Bengaluru's civic body on Tuesday continued its anti-encroachment drive to raze illegal structures that were built on the stormwater drains in several areas of the Mahadevapura zone which were allegedly causing flooding. Some residents in the layout alleged that only poor people are targeted whereas the stormwater drains encroached by the "high and mighty" in the posh layouts and …

‘The corrupt gnawed into every open space ... and somehow managed to get building permits’
2 years, 6 months ago

‘The corrupt gnawed into every open space ... and somehow managed to get building permits’

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 08, 2022 17:21 IST Leo F. Saldanha is the coordinator of Environment Support Group, a Bengaluru-based non-governmental organisation that works on a variety of environmental and social justice initiatives. Rau’s report recommended that all lakes and kaluves be immediately protected even if they did not have water, so they could serve in time as the city built …

​Bengaluru, Sorry For the Suffering, Will Look For Permanent Fix by Next Rains: Civic Chief
2 years, 6 months ago

​Bengaluru, Sorry For the Suffering, Will Look For Permanent Fix by Next Rains: Civic Chief

News 18  

Within four months of taking over as the chief of Bengaluru’s city civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Tushar Giri Nath is faced with the daunting task of handling the flash floods that have engulfed the Silicon Capital of India. News18 spoke exclusively to BBMP commissioner Giri Nath on the handling of the situation, given the unprecedented rain and …

Bengaluru rains: Karnataka Youth Congress leader 'floats' on waterlogged road
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru rains: Karnataka Youth Congress leader 'floats' on waterlogged road

Firstpost  

Hitting back at Karnataka Chief Minister for blaming previous Congress governments’ ‘maladministration’ for Bengaluru’s rain woes, DK Shivakumar urged Basvaraj Bommai and his administration to perform or face election Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president Mohammed Haris Nalapad on Tuesday floated using an inflated rubber-tube on a waterlogged road here to protest against the state government demanding a solution …

Flooded roads, traffic snarls, incessant rains: Life in Bengaluru thrown off gear | Top points
2 years, 6 months ago

Flooded roads, traffic snarls, incessant rains: Life in Bengaluru thrown off gear | Top points

India Today  

Inundated roads, waterlogged streets, and employees commuting on tractors- these are the scenes that are currently being seen around Bengaluru. Meanwhile, as citizens faced difficulties, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cited "unprecedented rainfall and overflowing" water bodies for the deluge. Here are the top developments from the rain-battered Bengaluru: 1) Heavy rains severely impacted Bengaluru leaving overflowing lakes and stormwater …

Flooded Houses, Going to Work on Tractors: How Bengaluru is Staying Afloat Amid Intense Rains - News18
2 years, 6 months ago

Flooded Houses, Going to Work on Tractors: How Bengaluru is Staying Afloat Amid Intense Rains - News18

News 18  

As Bengaluru continues to struggle with severe waterlogging and floods for the second day after heavy rains on Sunday inundated many parts of the city, citizens shared videos of how the crisis is hitting them on social media. #WATCH | Karnataka: Locals in Bengaluru continue to bear the brunt of severe waterlogging as water is yet to recede from roads …

Bengaluru flooded after rain, boats on streets. See photos
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru flooded after rain, boats on streets. See photos

Live Mint  

Bengaluru flooded after rain, boats on streets. Updated: 05 Sep 2022, 04:18 PM IST Share Via As incessant rainfall continues to batter the city, people in Bengaluru have to face difficulty due to excessive flooding and water logging. The rescue team had to send rafts to take out people from the flooded areas 1/11Heavy rainfall in Bengaluru has led to …

Bengaluru flooded after heavy rain: Shocking videos as water gushes into city
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru flooded after heavy rain: Shocking videos as water gushes into city

Live Mint  

India’s tech capital, Bengaluru, was flooded after heavy torrential rain pounded the city, leaving roads waterlogged and several areas inundated. BOATS AND TRACTORS TO THE RESCUE SCENES FROM BELLANDUR WIPRO CAMPUS FLOODED Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “There have been heavy rains in Bengaluru, I have spoken to the Commissioner and other officials. I have asked officials to depute …

Bengaluru rains: Boats out on highways as IT hub witnesses severe waterlogging, traffic snarls | Watch
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru rains: Boats out on highways as IT hub witnesses severe waterlogging, traffic snarls | Watch

India TV News  

Highlights Bengaluru has been witnessing heavy rains, and normal life in the IT hub of India has come to a halt Several areas, including highways and the outer ring road, have been busy with traffic CM instructed officials to see to it that water is drained out from the inundated roads at earliest Bengaluru has been witnessing heavy rains, and …

Bengaluru on yellow alert: Heavy rain and mind-boggling waterlogging videos go viral
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru on yellow alert: Heavy rain and mind-boggling waterlogging videos go viral

India TV News  

Bengaluru on yellow alert: Heavy rain and mind-boggling waterlogging videos go viral Bengaluru on yellow alert: Residents of Bengaluru are facing a tough time due to heavy rainfall. Bengaluru on yellow alert: Heavy downpour has turned India's 'Silicon Valley' into a lake, leaving residents annoyed. Bangaloreans had to face a harrowing time as several residential areas of the IT city …

In Pics: Bengaluru inundated, city roads turn into rivers after heavy downpour
2 years, 6 months ago

In Pics: Bengaluru inundated, city roads turn into rivers after heavy downpour

Live Mint  

In Pics: Bengaluru inundated, city roads turn into rivers after heavy downpour 7 Photos. Updated: 30 Aug 2022, 07:05 PM IST Share Via Intense rains in several parts of Bengaluru threw city out of gear where roads inundated with water creating traffic problems across the city. Bengaluru Urban DC also declared holiday for schools and colleges amid the heavy rains …

Where are Bengaluru’s lakes?
2 years, 8 months ago

Where are Bengaluru’s lakes?

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 10, 2022 18:00 IST On a cloudy day in early June, Leo Saldanha, the 54-year-old coordinator of the Environment Support Group, a non-governmental organisation working on issues of social and environmental justice in India, made a quick survey of the Subramanyapura kere in south-west Bengaluru. According to old topographical sheets of the Survey of India as well …

CM Bommai scraps BDA's controversial water body conversion notice after outrage
2 years, 10 months ago

CM Bommai scraps BDA's controversial water body conversion notice after outrage

Hindustan Times  

The Bengaluru Development Authority came under fire on social media when it put out a notice looking to categorise a ‘water body’ as residential property as there was a cartographical error in its 2015 plan. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said that the notification issued by the BDA to categorise a ‘water body’ as a residential land will be cancelled. The …

Over 600 flats vacated after Yelahanka lake overflows
3 years, 3 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 …

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

Video: Bengaluru Hulimavi lake breached, adjoining localities flooded
5 years, 3 months ago

Video: Bengaluru Hulimavi lake breached, adjoining localities flooded

India TV News  

After the Hulimavu lake in Bengaluru breached on Sunday, the residents living near the lake were shocked after water gushed into their house. Temporary shelters by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike for the people whose houses were affected by water overflow have been set up. Hulimavu Lake is situated in Bangalore south and comes under the Bommanhalii municipality limits BBMP has …

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

Consider Creating Artificial Ponds For Immersion Of Idols And Pooja Materials: Karnataka HC
5 years, 9 months ago

Consider Creating Artificial Ponds For Immersion Of Idols And Pooja Materials: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court which has directed the state to appoint NEERI an expert agency to survey and recommend steps to be taken to rejuvenate and restore lakes/tanks in Bengaluru city and also find out disappeared lakes, on Tuesday also directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to install CCTv cameras, around the lakes to prevent miscreants from damaging lakes in …

Bengaluru: Realty's big fish land in Koliwad net
7 years, 3 months ago

Bengaluru: Realty's big fish land in Koliwad net

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: The House panel on encroachment of lakes has named the who's who of the state's realty sector, and recommended the government to file cases in special 'land grabbers' court against all firms which have constructed multi-storied buildings on encroached land. The report, tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, has identified as many as 70 real estate firms including Nandi …

Flash floods in Bengaluru: Hapless Koramangala bears brunt of heaviest downpour in 127 years
7 years, 7 months ago

Flash floods in Bengaluru: Hapless Koramangala bears brunt of heaviest downpour in 127 years

Firstpost  

Residents of several localities in south and east Bengaluru woke up to a nightmare, with roads leading out of their residences marooned waist-deep rainwater Bengaluru woke up to flash floods in several localities on Wednesday after a night of unprecedented heavy rainfall left a trail of destruction in the city. “The downpour in just three hours was so heavy that …

Guest column: Active citizens key to reclaim and protect Bengaluru from corruption
7 years, 7 months ago

Guest column: Active citizens key to reclaim and protect Bengaluru from corruption

Deccan Chronicle  

On India’s 70th Independence Day, Bengaluru woke up to flooded streets, neighbourhoods and homes caused by just one night of rain. In the past the city looked forward to rain as it recharged the ground water table, its lakes and was a life-line for its eco- system. The "rain-effect" has increased over the last few years primarily due to encroachment …

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's foaming lakes are awash in trash and spit fire again, but no respite soon
8 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru's foaming lakes are awash in trash and spit fire again, but no respite soon

Firstpost  

Bengaluru’s lakes are hemmed in all on sides by residential complexes, whose waste finds its way into the lakes. The notoriety of the foaming lakes of India’s Silicon Valley had earned it a spot among the must-see tourist spots of the city, making the lake a visual symbol of the degradation of Bengaluru’s environment. “Environmental molestation of Bengaluru’s lakes has …

Public participation vital to protect lakes: Experts
8 years, 5 months ago

Public participation vital to protect lakes: Experts

The Hindu  

The web chat on saving Bengaluru's lakes became a platform for citizens to express their concerns about the state of our water bodies. Yellappa Reddy, former forest officer and environmentalist, who has also been a member of the Lok Adalat and the Regional Empowered Committee on forest clearances; Vinay Baindur, researcher on Urban Governance and Reforms, and citizen activist Arbind …

#whatsyourissue: Bringing our lakes back to good health
8 years, 5 months ago

#whatsyourissue: Bringing our lakes back to good health

The Hindu  

With the city, and the state, staring at water scarcity, this is perhaps the best time to look at the health of lakes in Bengaluru. Over the past week, The Hindu ’s #whatsyourissue campaign highlighted some of the problems that have been troubling our lakes, as well as possible solutions. After the article was published, the local councillor Hanumanthu G. …

Cauvery dispute: Water protests in Bengaluru expose urban India’s growing pains
8 years, 6 months ago

Cauvery dispute: Water protests in Bengaluru expose urban India’s growing pains

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Oracle Corp. employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-storey building in India’s technology hub, Bengaluru, and asked them to leave in support of demonstrations that had erupted across the city over a water dispute. Yet major infrastructure problems like congestion and poor water management, if not adequately addressed, may over time blunt Bengaluru’s edge over …

Bengaluru demolition drive: Govt should assess damage caused to families
8 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru demolition drive: Govt should assess damage caused to families

Firstpost  

A determined Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike continued its demolition drive on Tuesday in Bengaluru, targeting encroachments on lake beds and Rajakaluves or Storm Water Drains. That the slumberous BBMP has finally woken up to the encroachments on lake beds and SWDs had a trigger point with heavy flooding last week in south west Bengaluru. The Hindu had reported that in …

As heavy rains drown Bengaluru, lack of proper infrastructure adds to commuters' problems
8 years, 7 months ago

As heavy rains drown Bengaluru, lack of proper infrastructure adds to commuters' problems

Firstpost  

Incessant heavy rain since Thursday night crippled normal life in several parts of Bengaluru, leaving in its wake water-logged roads, flooded houses and severe traffic jams. People were Officials said emergency service personnel were pressed into service since early morning and the control room of city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike was working round-the-clock to attend to the complaints. …

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