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
