Have you had similar water situation in the past? Always thought Bangalore as a lake city, but looks like most of them aren’t taken care of.
Ps: for those who’re not aware of the situation- https://x.com/vishalbhargava5/status/1764630983285055821?s=46&t=HfDEg0soIC4CrLsxfWgXXA
this makes me feel guilty while using bath tub everyday and having full water in my swimming pool, anyways I recycle it for the garden
He is vp
top management can make upwards of 1-5cr easy
As somebody who was born and brought up here, I have been a witness to a lot of water issues. It is particularly bad when the monsoon fails and the KRS level dips. This year is particularly bad with no solution in sight. We see these issues in May, but we hit this in March itself!
Water will always be an issue with Bangalore because of its geography. Unfortunately, human greed and lack of planning and forethought have complicated it. Failure to get water from the TG Halli reservoir and the death of the Arkavathy rivers have complicated matters. The Mekedatu project has run into issues as well. So, there is no solution in sight. We cannot be dependent only on groundwater!
If Sir MV had the forethought that Bangalore would need water and built the TG Halli dam along with KRS 80-100 years back, I wonder why none of the politicians or bureaucrats have planned for it in the last few years!
Anyway, if you are interested, this is a good read:
https://paani.earth/rivers/arkavathi-river/rise-and-fall-of-thippagondanahalli-dam/
As you are are resident and know bng for many years, does reduction of water body landmass due to construction over them have played a significant role in this problem?
Let’s leave bangalore.
Born here. It has always been like this. Last decade has been better due to better monsoon and revival of lakes in Whitefield - Hosur road belt. That helped revival of ground water the only source this area.
Given the elevation of Bangalore Govt will spend limited money in pumping water here. Neither are farmers in and around very interested in giving water to Bangalore.
Bangalore's water problem can be solved only by Bangaloreans. Rain water harvesting at all apartments, revival of lakes, self awareness etc.
Till April, people will crib and whine and say they want to leave BLR. Come MAy , it will start raining, and people will start promoting BLR as awesome weather and companies will start hiring more people in BLR. Cycle repeats...
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New to the city and it makes no sense to me whatsoever. Having lived through all major metros in the country, Bangalore feels like a Tier-2 town covered with Tier-1 wrapping paper.
Probably because they built buildings where lakes provided natural refuge to rain water bro.
Bangalore, my 'Karm Bhoomi' and the heart of the global software industry, is facing an acute #water crisis. With taps running dry and a pricing war waging over water tankers, the situation is reminiscent of Arrakis, where only the rich ...
