Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has no plans to remove the cycle ban around lakes. It was 2008. Venkateshwara Rao was working in an Information and Technology (IT) company. Hours and hours in front of the computer started to take a toll on his health. “I have to do something,” he thought. That something turned […]
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The lake department of the BBMP has not paid the home guards it employs for two months. Home guards posted at various lakes in the city have not received their wages for the last two months. Nitu (name changed) who is posted at a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)-maintained lake said, “I have not got […]
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Lakes under BBMP are yet to get CCTV cameras. The BBMP has called for tenders for the sixth time since 2019. Lakes that fall under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) still have no closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras despite a Karnataka High Court order in June 2019 to install them. The BBMP said that they […]
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Eight fish kills have happened in the last seven months in Bengaluru; departments concerned are yet to take proper measures. In the last seven months, there have been eight fish kill incidents across the lakes of Bengaluru. which is raising concerns about preservation of aquatic life. However, the departments concerned are saying, it is a […]
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Experts say that migratory birds have decreased by 80 to 90 percent over the last three to four decades There has been a fall in the number of migratory birds due to an increase in artificial lights such as streetlights and bulbs. Karnataka is home to 35 percent of bird species in India, according to […]
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Recent Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) report shows that the water quality of the lake is poor Sewage flows into Chunchaghatta Lake putting aquatic life under threat. The lake has been declared unsuitable for wildlife and fisheries by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in a report of Aug. 18, 2022. The lake […]
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World Water Day will come and go but the water crisis in Bengaluru is here to stay. Bengaluru: Data from the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Dec. 2021) found that the water quality in lakes and tanks in Bengaluru is bad. Experts say that the government’s main focus is on fresh-water resources while the local […]
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The PIL was filed by the Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation (YPLBC) Trust in 2020. Karnataka High Court (HC) passed an order stating that the Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is not competent and has no authority to maintain, manage, and control Puttenahalli Bird Conservation Reserve (PBCR). The division bench comprising of the Chief […]
Continue ReadingThe lake has been moved between multiple city departments, with no progress on development of parks or cleaning. The last time work was done to clean or develop the lake was by the forest department in 2005. Bangalore: Opposite the Kengeri bus stop on Mysore road sits what remains of Kengeri Lake or Doddakere, covered […]
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BBMP says condition of lakes will be better in the next three years and holds BWSSB responsible for disposal of sewage water in lakes. Shubhangi Mathur Despite the rejuvenation project started by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2017, the condition of lakes has not improved in Bangalore. BBMP officials say that the only reason […]
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