by Rashmi Kulranjan | Nov 7, 2022 | Urban Water Press & Media
Study on Cascading Lakes in Hebbal Explains Why Many Have Dried Up Challekere lake in Bengaluru. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan The flooding in Bengaluru in October 2022 made national headlines as the ‘high-tech’ IT capital of India was ground to a halt. The severity of...
by Veena Srinivasan, Anuja Malhotra | Nov 4, 2022 | Urban Water Press & Media
At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint Representational image by Pixabay To address climate change effectively, we can’t focus exclusively on carbon — we need to integrate water management into our actions Momentum is building for the...
by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur, Muhil Nesi | Nov 3, 2022 | Urban Water Blogs
Setting the Context — Water Governance in Bengaluru Cities are shaped by their water resources. Think of coastal cities that have evolved to become important trade centres, such as Mumbai and Cochin. There are riverine cities too. Many were capitals of past empires,...
by Muhil Nesi | Aug 31, 2022 | Urban Water Press & Media
Why it’s Important to Map the Flow of Water through Cities A City Water Balance of all flows in the urban water system is a good starting point to understand the paradox of flooded streets and dry borewells. Bengaluru’s water problems may sometimes seem...
by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur, Muhil Nesi | Aug 22, 2022 | Urban Water Blogs
Why We Need Urban Water Balances Bengaluru’s water crisis — A tale of mismanagement Bengaluru’s water problems may sometimes seem contradictory. Stories of drying borewells and lakes compete with outcries about flooded streets. But these twin water problems are...