Anand Malligavad – Saviour Of The Dying Lakes Of Bangalore

Amidst India’s high-tech industrial city Bangalore, there lives a techie, Anand Malligavad, who is the savior of the dying lakes of Bangalore. Once known as the city of lakes, Bangalore now has lost its natural treasure of water bodies. A total of 280 lakes and tanks has declined to only 34 lakes up and running, […]

Floating Islands – A Green Solution for Restoring Water Bodies

Water bodies across India are in a terrible state and in need of restoration. Floating Islands have come up as a prospective solution for lake restoration. This document presents the poor condition of the water bodies in India, analyzes the Floating Islands as a prospective solution, and compares it to other solutions to restore water […]

Floating Islands – A Green Solution for Restoring Water Bodies

Water-bodies across India are in a terrible state and in need of restoration. Floating Islands have come up as a prospective solution for lake restoration. This document presents the poor condition of the water-bodies in India, analyzes Floating Islands as a prospective solution and compares it to other solutions to restore water-bodies across India. After […]

The Need for Waste-Water Treatment in India

How big is the Problem? Together, India’s largest cities generate more than 38,254 million litres of sewage each day. Of this, it is estimated that less than 20-30% per cent of what is collected undergoes treatment before it is disposed into freshwater bodies or the sea. Worryingly, these figures exclude sewage generated in informal settlements […]