These new additions have taken the state’s tally of Ramsar sites to four. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary became the first site in Karnataka to be included on the list in 2022.
A yellow spot has been getting bigger and bigger day by day at the High Court parking lot over time but no one is ready either to check the rampant public urination at the spot, beautify the area or take preventive measures by creating awareness among those responsible for the yellow spot.
According to city-based environmentalists, while acacia is exempted under the Karnataka Preservation of Tree Act, the list of trees proposed to be felled for the development work also include honge, karijali, and mogali. They say trees and lakes can and must coexist.
Hazardous wastes belong to category of special wastes containing some chemicals, metals, pathogenic organisms that can cause damage to the environment even at low concentrations; improper disposal can have disastrous consequences
In addition to 39 kalyanis and 418 mobile immersion tankers put in place at strategic residential locations by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), citizens’ lake groups have come up with many such initiatives to ensure the city’s lakes are not polluted this Ganesha festival.