The Greater Bengaluru Authority Must Embrace River-Centric Planning
Photo credit: Rashmi Kulranjan
With a population now touching 14.4 million and growing at 2.76 percent annually, the pressure on Bengaluru’s water system has reached alarming levels.
According to WELL Labs data, every day, the city demands 2,632 MLD of freshwater—but only a little over half of that comes from the Kaveri River. The rest? It’s mostly groundwater, extracted at an unsustainable rate—1,372 MLD, far exceeding the 148 MLD that nature can replenish.
This is where the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) comes in—a newly formed body tasked with unifying the city’s planning efforts across urban and peri-urban areas. For the citizen-run NGO paani Earth and other citizens, the GBA represents a rare chance to rethink how Bengaluru handles its most precious resource.
Acknowledgements
Sanjana Shashidhar for South First
Follow us to stay updated about our work
Related Posts
-
How Open Data and Wastewater Reuse Can Prevent Flooding in Bengaluru
Published in Citizen Matters
-
At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint
Published in The Indian Express
-
Study on Cascading Lakes in Hebbal Explains Why Many Have Dried Up
Published in Citizen Matters
-
Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder
Ecosystem builders connect, empower, and collaborate with others to lift up the whole community to achieve its potential.
-
Community Building for Jaltol: Our Learnings at the UN Geospatial Congress
One stand out in our 2022 calendar was the United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress held in Hyderabad in October.
-
Wanted: A Plan to Quench Bengaluru’s Thirst
Published in Deccan Herald