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Campaign against so-called 'privatisation' of water

26 February 2011 - 10:55am — murali772

In a meeting organised with the Karnataka Urban Development Minister Mr.

Water Stress and scarcity!

16 February 2011 - 9:08am — kbsyed61

We have heard about the word "Stress". Those of us who commute long distances often use this word to describe our frustrations on daily basis. Have we thought of phrase "Water Stress"?

Happy with BWSSB's services and performance?

9 February 2011 - 10:08am

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Water From Rainfall in Bengaluru!

7 February 2011 - 9:53am — kbsyed61

Bengaluru city spread over 600 Sq Kilometers (266 Sq. Miles) receives an average rainfall of about 900 mm (35 Inches), Annually. Since rainfall is an important source of replenishing city's water sources, here is an attempt to tabulate the monthly and annual rainfall over a period and compute the same into total water received in terms of Cubic Kilometers (KM3).

Water - Facts we should know!

3 February 2011 - 10:18am — kbsyed61

"The world is not "running out water", but it is not always available when and where people need it."

"Every minute during the next 20 years, 30 Indians will leave rural India for urban areas. India will need some 500 new cities. If there were ever a time to focus on the smart growth of our urban areas, that time is now"

Ulsoor Lake Pollution

20 January 2011 - 9:59pm — psaram42

The stretch of NH4 running along St Johns Church, Kensington, and Bhaskaran roads joining old Madras road is an interesting stretch to ride. It is a pretty road with constant two way traffic.

Meeting with India Water Portal

7 December 2010 - 1:41pm — manjari

Start: 15 Dec 2010 18:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

To discuss the water index project and to take it further.

Need volunteers and suggestions for water index project

23 November 2010 - 12:48pm — manjari

To give a quick dump, Bangalore water index is a project, where we aim to track the "water health" of our city in a numerical way.
This involve all kind of dat ranging from the quality to the supply side. We aim to consider the cost etc as well while calculating this index.

For further details please refer praja.in/en/bwi

Re-Imagining the World-Class City

18 November 2010 - 5:56pm — chris.kurian

Start: 3 Jan 2011 13:30

End: 9 Jan 2011 13:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements [www.iihs.ac.in] announces an Institute on 'Re-Imagining the World-Class City' at Bengaluru from the 3rd to the 9th of January 2011.

Alt Revenue for Lakes in Banglore

11 November 2010 - 2:04pm — Clive VanBuerle

There is a lake near Vemagal village of Kolar dist. That is under contract by a local village head. He breeds catfish, rohu (carp) etc. It’s a beautiful serene place.

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