The silt just got real The silt just got real ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 06:00 IST Around 1,500 farmers tilling around 5,000 acres of land between them are keen to use Varthur Lake’s silt as manure for their fields All the silt produced while rejuvenating Varthur and Bellandur lakes is creating fresh challenges for the Bangalore Development Authority on how to dispose it of. However, if all goes well, around 1,500 farmers will take some of the silt from Varthur Lake off BDA’s hands, to be used as manure. This will not only reduce BDA’s bills of transporting silt to quarries in