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🌊 Record number of lakes overflowed

Bengaluru September 12, 2022

126 lakes across the city overflowed due to heavy rains since the beginning of the month.

☔ Learning lessons from the Bengaluru floods

Chennai September 9, 2022

Chennai corporation is looking to learn lessons from Bengaluru's recent rains and flooding.

☔ Special grants from the Centre

Bengaluru September 9, 2022

Karnataka will request special grants from the Centre in order to deal with the torrential rain devastating Bengaluru.

🌱 Campaign to save last remaining grassland

Bengaluru September 8, 2022

A campaign demanding that Hesaraghatta area be declared a conservation reserve is gaining support from nature lovers and wildlife activists.

🚰 Bengaluru lakes unfit for drinking

Bengaluru September 2, 2022

The state pollution control board conducted a study that revealed that not a single lake in the city is fit to be a source of drinking water due to untreated sewage and industrial effluents contaminating them.

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