Lakes in Bangalore

Q: Is the civic body maintaining the lakes in Bangalore?

Diwakar Shetty,

28th January 2013

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The residents are planning to form a human chain and conduct an awareness campaign to draw the civic authorities to give a last try towards the lake’s restoration.

Aveek Paul,

29th January 2013

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Another major issue which the lake is facing is illegal encroachments shrinking the water body. The east and south are crowded with many buildings. Arakere Neighbourhood Improvement Trust (ANIT) which was formed in June 2012, has been fighting against encroachments but to no avail. The trust went to the civic authorities to bypass all sewage pipelines and let only the storm water drain into the lake after treating the water, but still now nothing has been done.

Vinu S,

29th January 2013

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The residents staying near by the lake are facing health hazards and other problems due to the neglected state of the lake. When the Arakere Lake breaches, houses around the lake are flooded with sewage water.

Venugopalan, Bangalore

29th January 2013

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I stay in Bannerghatta road once up on a time, the lake used to be filled with clean water and now it is filled with overgrown weeds and dirty sewage water.

Pratap, Bangalore

29th January 2013

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It is sad to say that civic body is not at all maintaining the lakes properly. A 100 years lake Arakere Lake near Bannerghatta Road, will soon become a history because civic body has no time to renovate and preserve the lake.

Nagesh, Bangalore

29th January 2013

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