As per the CPCB’s list, the five contaminated sites in the city are Goripalya near Mysore Road, Mangammanapalya near Hosur Road, Peenya Industrial Area, Mavallipura dumpsite near Yelahanka, and Begur Lake. The list of probable contaminated sites includes Lalbagh Lake, Madiwala Lake, Hebbal Lake, Bellandur Lake, Kengeri Tank, Arekere Lake, Agara Lake, and Begur Lake.
According to the officials from KSPCB, the main reason lakes fall under the Class E category is the discharge of raw sewage. While the government is augmenting the underground sewage network and Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are being set up, bringing down pollution of Bengaluru’s lakes is a complex issue. Moreover, measures to control water pollution have to be taken either by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) or BWSSB.
Building an altered ecology
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December 18, 2020 18:30 IST
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ASSOCHAM meet discusses how to make sustainable cities a reality. By Ranjani Govind
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ASSOCHAM meet discusses how to make sustainable cities a reality. By Ranjani Govind
It is a scene that we are increasingly seeing and helplessly so - cities turning into concrete jungles, dried-up lakes and river beds. Where the water bodies do exist, the water polluted to the hilt and the ecology around the rivers shrinking with groundwater dipping to unimaginably low levels. Is there a way to reverse this, restore ecology, make sustainable cities a reality?
ASSOCHAM GEM Karnataka Chapter, as part of the ASSOCHAM Realty and Sustainability Confluence Expo and GEM Awards, hosted a panel discussion on ‘Ecological Restoration’ where experts spoke on the ecology of Bengaluru city and its peripherals, exploring ways of altering the prevailing state.