Around 2,000 people residing at different residential apartment complexes near Varthur Kodi in Whitefield ward have been exposed to potential health and environmental hazards due to burning of all types of waste at nearby vacant spots.
7 lakes - Ibbalur, Bellandur, Yelemallapashetty, Varthur, Shivpura, and Chandapura - were in the oxygen red alert zone (with below detection level of oxygen). These lakes also had high levels of pathogen-based contamination