Usha Rajagopalan, Author at Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

T.S.Srinivasa inspecting a specimen at the lake-701371

An exciting weekend at Puttenahalli Lake

January 27, 2018 Usha Rajagopalan

How does it feel to sit by the lakeside and learn things that we don’t know about? A photography class by Puttenahalli lakeside was a testimony to the magic that can happen.

Nothing fishy about it!

June 6, 2017 Usha Rajagopalan

A thriving Puttenahalli Lake full of water is a great sight. If there is one person happier than us at PNLIT, it must be Yellappa, the guy who got the fishing contract for our lake.

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Exciting time for Puttenahalli Lake

December 17, 2012 Usha Rajagopalan

The Salvinia Molesta covering the surface of our little Puttenahalli Lake has not deterred all the birds! Our regulars, the purple swamp hens, purple heron, pond herons among others had refused to leave the lake

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Firm pilots new tech solution to clean lake

December 9, 2011 Usha Rajagopalan

A pilot project by Enzen at JP Nagar’s Puttenahalli Lake shows phytoremediation process can improves water quality. Enzen plans to scale up to rejuvenate other lakes too.

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Citizen trust to maintain Puttenahalli Lake

May 17, 2011 Usha Rajagopalan

Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust becomes the first residents group in Bengaluru to take charge of maintaining a lake.

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Kere in Crisis

April 22, 2009 Usha Rajagopalan

The smaller Puttanahalli puttkere, in JP Nagar VI phase becomes a dumping ground for waste and is getting steadily eaten up by encroachments.