wetlands Citizen Matters, Blogs

When buildings come up on lake wetlands…

June 2, 2016 News Desk

When buildings come up in the catchment area of a lake, there’s bound to be flooding during the rains. Two major residential projects, Bren Imperia and Shriram Chirping Woods are coming up on on the

How construction debris is letting sewage enter Kaikondrahalli lake

May 12, 2016 Shilpi Sahu

On the evening on May 12th, raw sewage gushed in from the eastern inlet for nearly 3 hours into Kaikondrahalli lake. With help from BBMP labourers provided by BBMP lakes Engineer Shilpa, and with many

Call for volunteers for the Waterbird Survey 2015-16

December 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Posting below, a mail from Anvitha S (Undergraduate student, St Joseph’s College) on <bngbirds@yahoogroups.com>, requesting for volunteers for the Waterbird Survey 2015-16. We are reviving the waterbird survey which was conducted between 1987 – 1996 by

World Wetlands Day celebrated at Devara Beesana Halli Lake

February 14, 2014 Deepa Mohan

On the 2nd February, 2014, some of the residents of Adarsh Palm Retreat, a residential complex near the Devara Beesana Halli Lake (D B Halli Lake, a small lake located in the Bellandur Ward in