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Bengaluru Buzz: State contests Buffer zone rule | 19 terms for Suburban Rail | No water shortage for Bengaluru

January 21, 2019 News Desk

From conditions laid down by Karnataka government on suburban rail to BWSSB’s water plans to businesses protesting BBMP’s encroachment drive, all news that matters to you, in one place.

Bengaluru is treating groundwater like ‘overdrawn credit card’

July 25, 2018 Sahana Ghosh

Aquifers in Bengaluru are over-exploited. Experts feel it is just a matter of time for parts of Bengaluru to be forced into a Capetown-like situation. World Resource Institute calls for a paradigm shift, from linear, centralised model to circular decentralised model of water supply.

Dear BBC, Bengaluru isn’t running out of water soon. Here’s why!

February 14, 2018 Vishwanath Srikantaiah

Bengaluru has been projected as a city that will run out of water. Will this really happen? What water-safety measures does the city have in place? Water expert Vishwanath decodes the issue.

How Mayor can help Bengaluru with clean water and lakes

December 1, 2017 Ananth S Kodavasal

Most STPs in Bengaluru are dysfunctional due to many reasons including use of inappropriate technology, incorrect design, faulty engineering, poor operation and maintenance.

Three stories prove Bengaluru’s water woes can be solved

August 22, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

Three communities in Bengaluru are proving that sustainable water management in urban India is possible. They have eliminated borewells and tankers from the equation!

BWSSB prepares for summer of 2017 on warfooting

November 23, 2016 Akshatha M

No funds will be allocated for water supply plans in 110 villages added to BBMP in 2008, until BWSSB shows permanent water source. This means the city needs to work on a sustainable water source.

Forget the Cauvery river for once, and think water!

September 16, 2016 Vishwanath Srikantaiah

Instead of crying foul over the water lost to our neighbour and igniting passion, there’s a lot more we (and the governments) can do. Zenrainman shares his 8-point mantra!

Bengaluru, it’s time to wake up and see the realities of water!

September 13, 2016 S V Ranganath

Bengaluru gets Cauvery water for drinking. True. But did you know only 8 lakh houses out of 22 lakh receive Cauvery water? And that 43% of Cauvery water is unaccounted for? What’s the way forward?

Reality of ‘drinking water’ tankers in Bengaluru – captured on video

December 14, 2015 News Desk

Water tanker collects water stored in an abandoned land. Where will this water be supplied? Is it safe to drink such water, or to rely on water tankers for safe drinking water?

Environment

Bengaluru lacks buffer zones, raja kaluves, data and will to protect lakes: CAG

August 4, 2015 Himanshu Upadhyaya

For all the talk about conserving lakes in Bengaluru, the latest CAG report shows rampant encroachments, buffer zone violations etc. While the city boasts about citizens taking charge of the lakes, only a few communities are involved in taking care of lakes.