Water water everywhere

silkboard - 20-OCT-2008

Did you too notice a spate of water supply related news and announcements recently? Perhaps some influential  individual or minister has water on his mind. Have a look:

Poor lakes....

Ravi_D - 17-OCT-2008

Seen this interesting article in DH on state of KLDA?

Summary: Budget allocation - Rs 3.15 Cr for 40,000 lakes in the state. Karnataka Lake Development Authority has 4 officers and 6 contract employees, 1 vehicle and 1 telephone for the whole state!.

'Rs 3 crore goes down the drain' - Belandur Lake works

silkboard - 30-SEP-2008

In case you didn't read this today:

Rs 3 crore goes down the drain
CAG Unearths Major Irregularities In Bellandur Lake Rejuvenation Project
Vinay Madhav | TNN

Need for a water regulatory authority

tsubba - 9-JUL-2008

Latha K. Rao Chairperson BWSSB. source: Zenrainman's channel http://youtube.com/user/zenrainman

The OORU-NEERU Water Walk

tsubba - 29-JUN-2008

Attention shutterbugs and bangalore enthusiasts!! An excellent oppurtunity to show your camers skills and to get some insider gyaan on water in bangalore from S. Vishwanath. The OORU-NEERU Water Walk will look at the Hesarghatta reservoir and its current state. A siphon provided as an overflow mechanism, another unique structure worth a closer look, remnants of a brick aqueduct and a small temple on the bund are some of the other facets that will be looked upon during this walk. http://bcp.wikidot.com/city-walks:water-walk The Hessarghatta Urban Space Event is being organised for the Bangalore City Project by S. Vishwanath, (www.rainwaterclub.org and www.arghyam.org) who writes extensively on water issues.

Privatisation of Lakes:

murali772 - 20-JUN-2008

The 'Hasiru Usiru', along with a few other organisations, is organising a human chain to "Protect Our Lakes for Posterity" on Sunday, the 22nd June, at Agara lake, Koramangala.

Even with my not being against the Hebbal lake 'maintenance arrangement'(with the Oberoi's), I have signed their online petition, because I am dead against the Nagavara and Agara deals.

BWSSB's plans

tsubba - 18-JUN-2008

Finally, a plan/proposal/idea that shows some clear out of the box thinking and goes beyond the currently fashionable gospels of maintenance, sustenance and development models. In rediscovering the original purpose of many of these man-made lakes of bangalore - as a source of potable water - bwssb might have hit upon a truely sustainable 'novel' idea to save our lakes.

Agara lake conversion stirring up protests

pradeep - 18-APR-2008

Hi all friends,

 I would like all the members to go through this link. Its sad that our own Govt. is messing up our Paradise.Even the Yediyur lake, agara lake, bellendur,hebbal lakes condition is worst. Soon Prestige Group or Mantri or Kantri paradise will acquire...

Facelift for lakes - just new fences or more?

silkboard - 15-APR-2008

Back in January, BBMP had announced that it planned facelift for 17 lakes in and around the city. Cant find any newspaper articles to quote from, but this blog has it (17 lakes ...).

Roads around major Lakes (Belandur, Madiwala)

anent - 6-APR-2008

As traffic and congestion growing day by day in Bangalore city, it's high time to think of Alternate roads around major Lakes in the city. Especially in South Bangalore lakes like Belandur, Madiwala which can reduce congestion and help traffic diverted on the alternate routes.