Bengaluru Water Crisis: The BBMP said that some of the lakebeds have become cricket pitches for local boys and youngsters and there are 184 lakes in BBMP’s custody, of them 50 are in critical condition.
Bengaluru: The water crisis in Bengaluru continues to intensify as several lakes in the city have dried up and many other reservoirs are drying up with heatwave hitting the city hard. Of the total 800 lakes coming under BBMP (Greater Bengaluru) and Bengaluru Urban district areas, nearly 125 have gone dry this year and 25 more BBMP lakes are drying up because of the intense heatwave, TOI reported.
As per the report, of the total 125 dried-up lakes, 100 are in Bengaluru Urban district and 25 in BBMP limits.
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Bengaluru Water Crisis Latest Update: Lakebeds Turn Cricket Pitches
The BBMP said that some of the lakebeds have become cricket pitches for local boys and youngsters and there are 184 lakes in BBMP’s custody, of them 50 are in critical condition.
It should be noted that the Bengaluru Urban district has over 600 lakes beyond the BBMP area, but nearly 100 of them have dried up this year as the water crisis started in the city.
The BBMP added that the dried-up lakes like Nallurahalli Lake, near Whitefield, and Vibhutipura Lake have turned into playgrounds.
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Experts believe that the drying up of the lakes could affect the groundwater table and hinder fishing activities. The officials however hope last week’s rain will persist and the dry and drying lakes could return to life.
One BBMP officer told TOI that nearly 15 lakes are being filled with treated water by BWSSB in the city and added that there is no alternative way other than this to fill lakes which are drying up, otherwise they have to depend only on rain.
986 Recharge Wells to Address Water Crisis
In the meantime, with the monsoon approaching, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) said it has constructed 986 recharge wells at various locations over the last month to refill depleting groundwater levels and address the crisis.
The BWSSB also added that it has mainly attributed the current water crisis in the city to inefficient rainwater harvesting and lack of proper water tanks to recharge groundwater.
Speaking to Indian Express, BWSSB Chairman V Ram Prasath Manohar said that the water scarcity faced by Bengaluru city is not due to lack of water from Cauvery and added that there was a shortage because the borewells that supplied water to millions of people who depended on groundwater dried up.”
He added that the construction of proper recharge wells and water tanks will not only help recharge the groundwater easily but also reduce pollution through the sluices constructed in zones.
