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Understand Bengaluru’s water status – make BWSSB accountable for it

March 6, 2017 Pierre Chahine

Last October, we spoke about several instances of individual and community initiatives towards solving water problems of the city. Sewage water treatment and rainwater harvesting are tools households and communities can use for decreasing their

From Green to Clean: Puttenahalli Lake

April 23, 2016 Usha Rajagopalan

We are delighted to tell you that finally our Puttenahalli lake, (near MLR Convention Hall, J.P. Nagar) is showing, almost, its true glory! The alligator weed which had covered most of the entire expanse of

The news from Kundalahalli lake is good!

February 10, 2016 Arvind Keerthi

If you are like most people, you are only vaguely aware of Kundalahalli Lake. Maybe, it is to you that largish pond between AECS layout and EPIP. A water body whose shimmer perhaps caught your

Milestone morning

May 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Date: 17th May 2015Venue: In front of the South City Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)Time: 9:45 a.m. onwards Some 40 people – South City assn (SUGRUHA) Management Committee, members and staff, PNLIT trustees, BBMP and KSPCB

Invitation for the inauguration of the treated water pipeline from South City STP to Puttenahalli Lake

May 16, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

PNLIT is delighted to announce that a long cherished dream of seeing our neighbourhood Puttenahalli Lake brim with water will soon be a reality! The Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dr. Vaman Acharya will

Making the dream of a water-filled lake a reality

April 1, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

There has been much excitement at Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar this past week. With the onset of summer, there is not much water in the lake but it is expected that this will not be

Nov 2014 Update on Ibblur Lake

November 17, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Community update on the Ibblur Lake restoration effort, shared by Mr Mukund Kumar In the month of October, the last section of the fencing of the inner lake area around the bend from ORR

A functional STP required for Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake

April 6, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

A well-functioning sewage treatment plant (STP) achieves two things – (1) it handles solid and liquid waste, which otherwise would pollute the earth, and enables its recycling (2) it is a source of usable water

Jakkur Lake tour – 6th April 2014

April 5, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The linking of a waste-water treatment plant, a wetland and lake ecosystem could be one method of keeping our lakes full and recharging our aquifers. Jakkur Lake in north Bangalore is one such live example.