Every morning for the last 2 years, I have been waking up with a luxury that’s almost absent in most metros in India – clean cold air, the chirping of birds and the greenery all around me.
Honestly, when I moved to Bengaluru, that’s the big thing that got me vs. Mumbai where I lived before. When I leave on my school bus at 7 am, you’d think I’ll only get more of this paradise.
Paradise, did you think?
Consider this. My school bus route takes me from Whitefield to Sarjapur Road through the now infamous Varthur lake, the 2nd largest lake in the city. Frankly, when I first saw the foam emerge from the lake, I was shocked. This sounded more like a doomsday movie special effects rather than one of the most natural cities in the country! And on that very exact day, I read an article on the newspaper about a lake which had caught fire.
As a personal project, I resolved to understand what’s behind it? What is the pollution? How can it be addressed? Who is responsible?
Frankly, a very scary prospect, considering the number of lakes that have disappeared and been polluted to a large extent. What can I do when many eminent people and societies have been trying and grappling with the water pollution in Bangalore and yet the condition is still this pathetic?
The truth about Bengaluru lakes 