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At a time when access to water has become Bengaluru’s biggest issue, how are the authorities taking care of the parks and gardens of the Garden City, protecting these areas inexperienced.
The two premium lung areas in the City – Lalbagh and Cubbon Park – are maintained by the Horticulture Department. The two inexperienced areas get 15 lakh litres of handled water on daily basis for upkeep of bushes and crops. The borewells throughout the gardens present water for the potted crops.
“The water levels have gone down in the borewells. There are some dry patches here and there in Lalbagh and Cubbon Park. Although we are not greatly affected, maintenance during the summer season is difficult,” mentioned M. Jagadeesh, Joint Director (Parks and gardens), Horticulture Department.
Stressing that there is no various for rainwater, he mentioned, “Irrespective of how many times we water the plants, because of the heat, the wetness in the soil immediately dries up. This has caused some withering. This concern can only be addressed by rains.”
1,270 BBMP Parks
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) maintains a complete of 1,270 parks that are unfold throughout eight zones in the City. Every locality in Bengaluru has at the very least one BBMP park.Most of those parks have their very own borewells. Due to latest climate situations, a few of these borewells have run dry.
“So far, we have not had big problems when it comes to park maintenance. In the parks where the borewells are dry, we are planning to get tankers and use Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) water or biologically treated wastewater. Out of all the parks we maintain, there are water problems in around 100 – 200 of them as of now,” mentioned Chandrashekar, Deputy Director (Horticulture), BBMP.
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For the upkeep of 1 park, BBMP would require about two water tankers for 3 days.
While parks and gardens have their very own borewells, golf programs in the City typically depend on exterior sources, largely handled water for upkeep. These programs sprawled throughout acres want lakhs of litres of water on a regular basis. The two main golf golf equipment – Bangalore Golf Club and Karnataka Golf Association – are grappling with water scarcity.
Bangalore Golf Club wants round seven lakh litres of water on daily basis whereas it is getting solely two and a half to a few lakh litres as of now.
“Water is a major requirement for golf courses to maintain the fairways and greens.We mostly use treated water, but sometimes buy tankers too. However now, because of the demand and increased prices we are not able to procure tankers. For now, we are not able to do much for our fairways, but we are taking care of greens. Every summer, we face water shortage but this time, it is acute,” mentioned D. N. Vasanth Kumar, captain, Bangalore Golf Club.
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An everyday golfer at Karnataka Golf Association mentioned that the course obtained handled water from Ok.C. Valley for upkeep. He added that there is a particular scarcity of water now and the water has gone down even in the small ponds on the course.
