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Residents of HSR Layout seek answers as the government takes no initiative to save and restore a neighbourhood lake despite their long-standing plea

The residents of Bannerghatta have formed a trust – ‘Arakere Neighbourhood Trust’ (ANIT) to turn Arakere Lake into a thriving ecosystem. Meanwhile BDA has started fencing the lake boundary.

With a group of local residents driving an initiative to save Sarakki Lake, perhaps there is hope yet for the much-polluted and encroached water body.

Students of Jyoti Nivas College and Government School at Kudlu village team up with IYCN volunteers to save Parappana Agrahara Lake.

The before and after pictures of a spot near Puttenahalli Lake show that making the road free of garbage is not impossible.

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

The now dry Hesarghatta lake in the outskirts of Bangalore, which has supplied water to the city for over a century, is a mute victim of environmental ravages. See our slide show.

A candle light vigil was held opposing LDA plans to handover Hebbal Lake to a private party that plans an upmarket recreational facility beside the lake.