On a mission to revive 45 city lakes by 2025

[Bayard]

Almost 500 years ago, when Kempegowda founded Bengaluru (India), he dotted it with numerous beautiful water bodies, thus earning it the sobriquet – city of lakes.

But, that is all in the past, because the present has ravaged the city of its natural treasures. From 262 water bodies in 1960, the figure has declined to 81, of which only 34 are currently alive.

After months of research and study on the city’s lakes, 38-year-old Anand Malligavad is all set to rejuvenate 45 lakes by 2025, with the work already in progress.

“We began the work on April 20, 2017, with a budget of Rs 1 crore and 17 lakh, provided by Sansera Foundation. We needed help and reached out to the nearby community with the help of a senior citizen, B Muthuraman (74). Together, we covered almost 400 houses to spread awareness. Eventually, people began to show up, and joined hands to work long hours to make this possible,” says Anand. He was Sansera’s CSR head at the time.

“A total of 18,000 saplings, 3,000 fruit bearing of 22 varieties, 3,000 native species of plants, and 2,000 ayurvedic plants, now populate the lake area, providing it with a bounty of natural treasures,” he adds.

https://www.thebetterindia.com/172511/bengaluru-lake-clean-hero-environment-india/

I kind of sliced and diced the article. More pics at link. Pretty amazing....and can be duplicated here.

[RussellCattle]

1. If I did the math right, their budget is $163,215. India always surprises me with....

....what they can do with a little bit of money.

[Duppers]

2. Most impressive!

How I wish folks were organizing and doing things like this here.

The "Greater Good" headquarter folks in Chicago should be interested in this.