BWSSB to the rescue of Halagevaderahalli lake !!

As per the discussion with the Dr. P N Ravindra, new initiatives for BWSSB on 3/4/13, and consecutive inspections by the concerned executives on the 4th & 8th of Apr 2013, it has been decided  that the BWSSB is going to initiate the process of separating the Sewage from the Storm Water Drain ( running adjacent to the Halagevaderahalli Lake). Baage gowda layout, an upstream unauthorised layout being the major contributor to the spewing of sewage into the SWD.

They have also promised to cut off sewage lines running under the south-side bund, out of the lake area & divert them onto the other side of the SWD (Storm Water Drain).

This is definitely a welcome progress!!! As we all understand what any breach in the pipe lines would lead to ... phospates combined with sewage chokes the water.

"A majority of lakes in the City are thus victims of ‘Eutrofication’ — a process by which a water body acquires a high concentration of nutrients and phosphates, which in turn, promote excessive algae growth, which depletes the oxygen content of the water, killing off organisms such as fish & creating havoc in the biodiversity of the water body. "