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KARNATAKA LAKE CONSERVATION
Bengaluru man's magic! In just 24 hours, he revives a forgotten pond; Now it holds twice the water and attracts Kingfishers, Herons & moreA dried-up Bengaluru pond, Bikkanahalli Kunte, has been revived in just 24 hours by environmentalist Gurunandan Rao and volunteers. After m...- Conservationists fear amendments will destroy lakesApprehensions of lake conservationists notwithstanding, the state’s minor irrigation department is expected to notify amendments to the KTC...
- With focus on big water projects, sustainability gets a miss in Karnataka BudgetWater experts who have been demanding sustainable water solutions for the city say that the government’s priority should have been to rejuv...
- Lake authority shut quietly amid poll dinThe revelation has shocked lake conservationists who all along resisted the move right from the time when the amendment was proposed to the...
- After Bellandur, Bengalureans want to protect Varthur lakeLake activists are agitated over the construction and have moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the state government.
- Bellandur lake burns, yet againEven those who live several kilometres away from the lake could see smoke billowing from the lake. Residents say the fire was first spotted...
- How a group of citizen activists saved Bengaluru's Agara lakeThe lake was no different from the rest of the lakes ion the city and was covered with swathes of hyacinth and had sewage sweeping in.
- Bengaluru: Lake Protection Authority watered downIn a city where most lakes are either encroached or on the verge of dying, this regulatory authority was considered a major step towards co...
- Quiet flows central prison sewage into chain of lakesThe pollution is likely to lower the water quality index of the lake which the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has redflagg...
- Varthur Lake: After heavy rain, chemical 'snowfall' in BengaluruThe unbearable stench emanating from the lake has only added to the woes of commuters and residents. "The froth has also reached a hospital...
- Political weed hits lake warden ideaThe scheme was designed on the lines of traffic wardens, a voluntary service where citizens can help the city traffic police regulate vehic...
- Bellandur Lake: apartments, industries come under lensThe inspection follows last week's rap by the NGT, which gave authorities a month to take steps to arrest pollution of the 919-acre lake, t...
- Lake authority threatens action against BDA for neglectThe eight lakes that Lake Authority is unhappy about are: Arkere, Byrasandra, Varthur, Somasundarapalya, Hulimavu, Alahalli, Chandrashekara...
- Undiscovered lakes? Isro to find them outWith this conviction, the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) will spend the next three months looking for new la...
- Bellandur lake: NGT raps government for apathyThe Tribunal observed that it was “surprised“ at the apathy prevailing among authorities towards the rejuvenation of the Bellandur lake.
- Burning Lakes: Custody of city's water bodies being passed on from one civic agency to anotherThe state government has quietly transferred custody of Bellandur lake back to the BDA, just five months after it was handed over to the ci...
- Wipro to help rejuvenate Electronics City lakeWipro is not adopting the lake but signing up to facilitate and work with the various stakeholders involved -government agencies and the lo...
- In spite of several agencies at work, Bengaluru's lakes still at riskBesides civic agencies, the Karnataka Pollution Control Board and the Karnataka Public Lands Corporation are also tasked with protecting la...
- Bengaluru lakes' fate in limbo as 85% of the posts in state body remain vacantThe Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority Act, 2014, was enacted in March 2015. It requires an enforcement wing comprising ...
- Bill to protect lakes in Karnataka passedDuring the discussion on the bill, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and BJP leader Suresh Kumar raised question on the definition of the word l...
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