North-east, south-east lost the maximum no. of lakes
While bengaluru has nearly doubled its urban sprawl, vegetation in the form of trees in parks or along lakes and ponds have been reduced...


Panels formed to conserve lakes
Three-member committee will be headed by Bangalore Development Authority Commissioner After the Karnataka High Court issued contempt...


PLAGUED BY POLLUTANTS - None of Karnataka's rivers can quench your thirst
Not A Single Lake In Bengaluru Fit For Bathing, Says KSPCB Report Forget drinking, Bengaluru's lake water isn't even fit for bathing....


Curating Landscape Spaces
“Professionals Speak”- a platform where landscape architecture professionals of the city discussed the profession through key lenses of...


Investigations in Landscape
The Thesis Open Day organized by the ISOLA (Indian Society of Landscape Architects) Bangalore Chapter at the IIHS (Indian Institute of...


Blessings and curses: the construction of lakes in Bengaluru
Epigraphical inscriptions found on hero stones, temple foundations, pillars, and metal plates reveal the origins of lakes in Bengaluru....


Sampangi Lake: Lessons from history
Though replaced by buildings, it reclaims its identity during monsoons. This May, after intense rainfall in Bengaluru, the Sri Kanteerava...


The sacred lakes of Bengaluru
“The Pandavas rested here and played with the rocks while waiting for their pot of rice to cook”, narrated a grazer pointing to a few...


Open wells of Bengaluru
Drought-prone Bengaluru’s demand for water was originally met by an interlinked system of lakes and wells. Lakes were built on existing...


Of lakes and livelihoods in Bengaluru
Grazing, fishing and agriculture: these occupations conjure images of a village. But as a city spreads into the countryside, it results...

