Bellandur Lake
A couple of years ago, Mahadevapura was a sleepy agricultural village, but today Mahadevapura has changed drastically. Today, the vegetable garden and paddy fields have been replaced by grand, posh glass and concrete buildings housing IT companies. The area started witnessing rapid growth after the establishment of International Tech park in 1996. Today it has [...] Continue Reading »
Bellandur lake is the largest lake in the Bangalore city and is spread across 900 acres. A total of Rs 1.91 crore has been spent on restoration of the lake in the city. However, the lake is very far from what it looks restored. According to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, restoration work [...] Continue Reading »
The Bellandur lake in Bangalore is considered one of the beautiful lake midst the largest water bodies in the city. However it remains same no more as the lake is witnessing over flow of sewage water and harmful chemicals resulting in water contamination also causing threat to the lives of wildlife. The lake has a splendid [...] Continue Reading »
The middle-class may be all out in support of the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill to curb corruption, but residents of Pearl Paradise layout, a much-favoured destination of city techies, would be at the receiving end of an inquiry by the Lokayukta. Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde has directed the urban development department/BDA to withdraw the [...] Continue Reading »
This Sunday, Residents of Bellandur, Sarjapur, Outer Ring Road and neighborhood ran not for fitness or health but for awareness and to draw attention of the authorities on the need to restore Bellandur lake, the biggest lake in the City. This is their 13 year demand for action to restore -Bellandur lake- once beautiful lake [...] Continue Reading »
Photo-Courtesy : Bhagya Prakash K (The Hindu) Ambalipura Lake, a 2.9-hectare water body which was earlier under the Forest Department, almost died at one point of time as the urban sprawl ate into its inlet and outlet streams. Moreover, sewage was being let into it. The rise in water logging and contamination killed nearly 250 [...] Continue Reading »
For those living in Bellandur and along Sarjapur Road, a cleaned-up Kaikondrahalli lake means better ground water levels and rich biodiversity. When the BBMP started work on it eight months ago, they decided to pitch in. They bought native trees to be planted around the lake, and got experts to advise them on many aspects [...] Continue Reading »
Rotary Club Bangalore Lakeside, Suncity Apts, Sobha Group of Apts with the help of BBMP celebrated World Environment day by conducting Tree Plantation Drive in the adjacent of Bellandur Lake. Bellandur Lake had been recently fenced by BBMP to avoid unauthorized occupation of land and BBMP was planning to rejuvenate the lake and a proposal [...] Continue Reading »
Rotary Club Bangalore Lakeside, Suncity Apts, Sobha Group of Apts with the help of BBMP will conduct Tree Plantation Drive on 5 June in the adjacent of Bellandur Lake. Bellandur Lake is 130 years old and spreads across an area of 892 acres. Bellandur Lake which has provided drinking water is now subjected to deep [...] Continue Reading »
