Dream Bangalore

Today's edition of the 'Deccan Herald' carries an article about Hoskote town in Bangalore rural district, which was facing an acute shortage of water all these years ; the water table at Hoskote that had depleted to a depth of 1250 feet, has now begun to increase as a consequence of this project. The project involves the treating and reusing of the sewage water from Bangalore city, which otherwise would be discharged to the rivers downstream, thereby polluting them. The sewage water from Bangalore city is stored at the Yelemallappa Shetty tank near K.R Puram and later diverted to Doddakere lake on the outskirts of Hoskote town, adjacent to the national highway. The minor irrigation department, Government of Karnataka, has implemented a project that intended to treat the sewage water and supply the same to the villages in and around the region for agricultural purposes. Surprisingly, according to a test conducted by the BMS College of Engineering, the treated water has been...

Bangalore's ever increasing population and the traffic caused by it is a known fact. The increase of population is not something that the government or the people can control ; besides the people who are looking at the city to settle down on a permanent basis, the number of people who are commuting up to and down the city from the nearby towns and cities is also immense. The floating population from the surrounding towns like Tumkur, Kolar, Kolar Gold Fields, Kunigal or even Mysore which is nearly 145 Km away from the city, is immense and is contributing to the traffic jams for which the city is notorious. As a consequence of the traffic, the commuting time, air pollution as also the fuel consumption in the city has been increasing. The health problems caused by these factors is a different issue altogether, though not discussed here, is one of the major issues that requires serious thinking. Experts after carrying out studies, have suggested the commissioning of a Commuter Rail...

Here is a link to the library section of Bangalore University ; This page contains the theses presented by a few researchers in the field of Geography about Bangalore. There is scope only to the index column and not the entire contents. The fact that Bangalore has been a subject of research for a few learned minds has made me happy ; it was relevant to share it here. http://library.bub.ernet.in/Sub/thesis/department/Geography.html The titles of the theses in question are : Urban fringe of Bangalore metropolis - Presented by R.Thirunavukaras under the guidance of B. Eswarappa Bangalore city a study in environment pollution - By Prabhu P under the guidance of  Daksha C Baral Women's participation in economic persues with special reference to agricultural activities in Bangalore rural district - By Sulochana N under the guidance of Rayamane A.S Spatio-temporal variation in agricultural development of Bangalore rural district - By Shivamurthy ...

Today's editions of the newspapers say that the Government of Karnataka plans to divert a stream in the Western Ghats 'Ettinahole', towards the hinterland citing it is as a solution to the drinking water crisis faced by the districts of Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Kolar, Chikballapur and Chitradurga. The project is being considered with utmost importance as it is also expected to meet the long term needs of Bangalore region as a whole, given that the city would not be able to draw any more water from the river Cauvery in a short while from now. Many irrigation experts seem to have suggested that the diversion of west flowing streams seem feasible to meet the future requirements of the capital and have prepared a report as well. Ettinahole is learned to be one of the major tributaries of the river Netravati, a prominent West flowing river in Karnataka which also caters to the drinking water needs of the largest coastal city in the state, Mangalore. Its catchment area compris...

Bangalore, as per my knowledge is indeed the best Indian city to live-in. Perhaps I feel so because it is my birthplace. I witnessed the growth of the city from a small sleepy town to a burgeoning metropolis and must say, though the city has witnessed tremendous urbanization, a large portion of it is unplanned and in an appreciable number of cases, unnecessary. The formation of the 'Greater Bangalore' has not done much good to the city ; neither has the corporation BBMP got richer, nor did the people living in the newly added conurbation areas receive any benefits of their properties being brought under the ambit of a happening metropolis. I have had my own plans for my city and the time to express the same has come now ... :) Instead of having a Greater Bangalore and including new areas into it on a timely basis, I propose to have a State Capital Region (SCR) which includes Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Chikballapur and Ramnagar districts. When it is almost certai...