The post quickly gained traction, sparking thousands of views and divisive reactions. Some users echoed the concern, blaming ...

The World Bank has approved $426 million for the Karnataka Water Security and Resilience Programme, benefiting Bengaluru's ...

Bengaluru water crisis: The areas that are likely to be affected by the water crisis include Horamavu, Ramamurthy Nagar, and Jakkur as these areas heavily rely on borewells, drawing approximately ...

Bengaluru is likely to face yet another water crisis this summer, with groundwater levels in areas such as Mahadevapura and Whitefield expected to dip significantly. The Bangalore Water Supply and ...

Bengaluru is running out of drinking water, with an estimated daily deficit of 500 million liters. The shortages have become a hot-button political issue during the 2024 election.

“There is no crisis of water availability,” said Vishwanath Srikantaiah, a water researcher and urban planner in Bengaluru. “It’s a clear-cut crisis of state failure.” Viewed another way ...

Bengaluru, once a city of lakes and gardens, has lost most of both. Instead of hundreds of lakes there are barely a dozen bigger ones, choked and sulfurous in the encroaching concrete jungle.

Water bodies have been encroached or died. Bengaluru needs 2,600 MLD water. Out of this 1,470 MLD comes from Cauvery river and 650 MLD from borewells.

Bengaluru, the Karnataka city facing a severe water crisis, has been witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the last few years, it has received little rainfall in part due to ...

Activists hold empty water pots as they shout slogans during a protest against the state government over ongoing severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on March 12, 2024.

Those who have Cauvery water connection — which is 1.1 million — there is no real crisis. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) pumps 1,470 million litres per day (MLD).