Bellandur

Once a lifeline for 36 villages in Varthur and Bellandur surrounding areas, the polluted lakes have made the same villages dependant on others for vegetables, paddy and fish. The viable options left in the surrounding land are floriculture and dairy farming

An accountant, working in a petrol station in Bellandur, Bengaluru, was accused of stealing money from the locker

Here are few pictures of the controversial Varthur lake. The photographs were clicked in 2007. These will make one wonder how the once beautiful lake turned into a septic tank today.

Residents of Mantri Espana in Bellandur have been left fuming after management’s failure in order to provide maintenance. The Owners association have been running pillar to post in search of a solution

When authorities like the BDA, BBMP, BWSSB and the State Pollution Control  Board are still in search of an answer to tackle the frothy menace in the fiery lakes of Bellandur and Varthur, an engineering student claims to have worked out a solution  using fruit peels.

Defence minister watched the movie along with army personnel at Central Spirit Mall at Bellandur in Bengaluru.

The froth-and-fire-spewing Bengaluru lakes, Bellandur and Varthur, have become subjects of interest for research. According to Varthur Rising (citizen’s activist group) member, students from America, Germany, Korea, Holland and China have approached them for field visits to study the 'man-made disaster'.

Varthur Lake had caught major fire in March 2017. However, the lake has caught fire many times but was not noticed by authorities say residents.

Here is a list of five lakes of Bengaluru that have set the alarm bells ringing and need immediate attention.

Earlier, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had fined the state government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) of Rs 50 crore and Rs 25 crore respectively as they failed to protect the lakes in Bengaluru

A fine of Rs 50 crores on Karnataka government and the directive from National Green Tribunal to the government to transfer Rs 500 crore to the third party as it failed in cleaning and removing encroachment of Bellandur and Varthur lake last week, has given some hope among activists, however not many are aware of who the culprits behind the pollution of two of the largest water bodies of Bengaluru City.

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The residents of Bellandur lake once again witnessed the development of toxic froth on Tuesday, leaving commuters in jeopardy.

Seemanth Kumar Singh, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police, East Zone, Bengaluru City, gifted his co-worker for a particular reason

The infamous Bellandur lake saw foam formation once again as soon the rains started. With this, it is evident that all the efforts by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) have failed.