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RWH is the new buzz word

20 May

Slowly but steadily, apartments in Sarjapur are waking up to the benefits of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems. This year, more than 10 apartments have approached Forward 150 (Federation of Residents’ Welfare Association of Ward 150-Bellandur) with queries regarding the installation of harvesting systems.

A few apartments such as Reliable Residency, Rainbow Drive, Reliable Tranquil, Trinity Woods and Acres, Vaswani in Kadubisanahalli, Sobha Iris, SJR Redwood and Crystal Olivin have already installed RWH systems.

The main purpose of rainwater harvesting is to store water for winter when there is no rain and lakes go dry and to recharge groundwater. There are various ways to design RWH systems, but people are unaware of it. Similar was the condition of residents of Sarjapur.

“People did not have the right inputs to go for installation of rainwater harvesting, that includes the design as well as the cost-effective ways,” said Sudhakar Pai, a member of Forward 150.

The apartments in order to know the methods of installing and other queries related to the RWH had sent an e-mail to Forward 150 listing the problems they faced. The problems were related to piping requirement, bends, valves, joints, etc. “The main problem with the residents was how to use these things in a cost-effective and a constructive way,” said Sudhakar.

The Forward 150 gave a cost-effective solution to the residents. “When people are building houses, we make sure they have provisions for rainwater harvesting. More than the beautification of the house we are concerned with the ground water recharge,” said Abhik Biswas, president of Rainbow Residency Plot and House Owners Association.

 

 

 

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Run for Bellandur Lake

07 Feb

Hundreds of Residents including IT professionals, homemakers, students, environmental activists, ecologists and villagers on Sunday February 06, participated in the run for Restoration of Bellandur Lake. Bellandur Lake a 130 years old and spreads across an area of 892 acres is the largest lake in east Bangalore.

On Sunday morning-Feb 6, hundreds of concerned citizens including young children, IT Professionals, home makers, students, environmental activists, ecologists and villagers gathered on the Outer Ring Road. They ran from the Outer Ring Road to the banks of the lake, covering three km.

The lake, spread over 950 acres is the largest in East Bangalore and has been a victim of pollution with the inflow of untreated sewage water into the lake. The total volume of sewage entering the lake directly is estimated at 500 million litres daily, roughly around four bucket loads of sewage from each of the eight million citizens of Bangalore. Industrial effluent discharged into the lake and encroachments of the wetlands have also contributed to the present state of the lake. The water is contaminated with high concentrates of lead, cadmium and chromium. There is also a serious threat to health since a large amount of contaminated water seeps into ground water and there is also foul Odour and this has became mosquito and disease breeding ground.

Source: www.commonfloor.com/stories/run-for-restroation-of-bellandur-lake-2716

 
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Flyover construction creates traffic chaos

27 Jan

The flyover construction at Bellandur is increasing the traffic woes at Maratahalli, Sarjapur road. The traffic police and the ORRCA members are doing their best to ease out the congestion but there is no respite from the traffic chaos. The narrow roads at this junction are not helping at all.

As the flyover work is increasing in this area, moving about in bike is becoming difficult as there are always traffic jams here,” said Naveen, an IT professional. The BDA work has created a muddy mess at the construction site.  Not only the bikers, but also the pedestrians face difficulty in moving about in the area. “This road is very busy during the office hours as there are many IT companies located here. It is difficult for me to walk on the road”, said Sheetal, resident of Mahadevpura.

The construction is affecting the ORR companies too as employees of these companies also use this stretch for commuting to Whitefield, Mahadevapura, Hosakote, Koramangala, etc. The major traffic jams are due to BMTC buses and trucks which ply during peak hours of the day. “One BMTC bus passing in between the two flyovers constructed, blocks the road completely,” said Rajeev, daily commuter.People have to bear the traffic problems till the construction work is completed

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Agara flyover will come as relief for Techies

09 Jul

Two flyovers on the stretch – the Agara flyover towards Marathhalli and the Iblur flyover – will be thrown open to the public in the next few days.  The Agara flyover, connecting Silk Board Junction to Marathhalli, will open for public use by July 10, and the Iblur flyover is expected to be thrown open in a week. The project will not just ease traffic at the two busy junctions but also make the Outer Ring Road signal free for commuters taking this stretch.

“It will really help people going from Bellandur towards Agara and those coming from Silk Board to Bellandur and Marathhalli, as the traffic will be free flowing on both these sides. Definitely the travel time will be reduced. We had deployed private security personnel to man traffic at Iblur and Agara junctions and are now planning to redeploy them at Bellandur and Marathhalli junctions, as there are chances of a traffic pile up here. But the opening of the flyovers is definitely good news,” said Vishwanath Seetharam, Facility Manager, AOL and General Secretary, Outer Ring Road Companies Association.

“We are, unofficially, opening these two flyovers to ease the traffic on this stretch to some extent. Also, once the Agara flyover from Silk Board to Marathhalli is thrown open to the public, we can concentrate on the construction of the second flyover at Agara, in the opposite direction (Marathhalli towards Silk Board). Because of the heavy traffic flow here, we were finding it difficult to continue work at a fast pace on this particular stretch,” Said BDA Executive Engineer Nagaraja Murthy, working on the project.

The flyovers will come as relief for staffers of tech companies on the Outer Ring Road-Marathahalli stretch.The project, which includes three flyovers – two of them at Agara and one at Iblur will mean free flow of traffic to Silk Board, Bellandur, Marathhalli and Sarjapur.  The Rs 93.94-crore Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) project has been executed by Nagarjuna Construction Company. The entire project, including the second flyover at Agara, will be completed in September.

Source: Bangalore Mirror



 
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Traffic woes in HSR Layout seem to be unending

19 May

With the BDA constructing another flyover in the area, harassed residents will have to bear the brunt of traffic diversions yet again. With the completion of Agara flyover, residents of HSR Layout Sectors 2, 3 and 4 could have heaved a sigh of relief. But with the new flyover project, problems are back to square one. The new flyover work which has started on 14th Main is directly affecting residents of Sectors 6 and 7.

Brigadier R S Murthy, president of HSR Layout Sector-2 RWA, said in the last 3-4 years, people of this area have been subjected to tremendous hardships, thanks to flyover work. “During 2007-08, it was bridge work at 14th Main and the Ring Road junction. The work lingered on for over 15 months. During this time, all entry points to HSR Layout except for one or two were closed from the Ring Road side.”



In 2009-10, traffic from Sarjapur and Ring Road was diverted to HSR Layout, again because of the Agara Circle flyover. “Why didn’t city planners think of building the new flyover two years ago when bridge construction was on at the same place? We fear this time too incoming traffic from Madivala side will be diverted to HSR Layout,” Murthy said.

The 525-metre Agara flyover connects Sarjapur Road to Silk Board junction. “Work here will be over by July 1,” said a BDA official. With the completion of Agara flyover, residents of HSR Layout Sectors 2, 3 and 4 could have heaved a sigh of relief.  The Iblur and Agara flyovers built at Rs 93 crore connect commuters from Bellandur to Agara.

“It appears that we are being taken for granted. Traffic diversion to a residential area has created so much of chaos,” said R S Hiremath, vicepresident of HSR Layout residents’ welfare association (RWA).



 
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