Biome Environmental Trust conducted a three day training program at Bhoomi College from 27th to 29th October 2021. Day 1: The very first session of the training was taken up by Mr.Vishwanath. He started by setting a context to water management in urban and rural areas and discussed the best practices, challenges and trends in …
On 11th visit to Vidyaranyapura, I witnessed interesting stories on wells. I am sharing few stories here: 1. The significance of open wells ” The question on water supply to households by the government came only in 1987 when the housing society started to supply the water to households. Before 1987, households had to find a source …
Mr.Sham Prasad is the resident of Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranya post. The water management in his individual house is bit different and I have captured it below: He is receiving two types of piped water – CMC water and Cauvery water. He has a borewell which is more than 20 years old. The water supply from both …
I am very eager to meet people especially elder generation during my open well visits. Most of them would have closed or stopped using the wells. Though the wells were closed, bhavi(well), kallu kattada(stonelined), the hagga (rope), the bindige pot, the pulley, the rise in water table during monsoon was deeply engraved and stay fresh in the …
On 12th October 2021, I saw the wells in Vidyaranyapura and the learnings are captured below: Vidyranyapura is located in North of Bengaluru, it is a residential location closer to Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL), GKVK and closer to Yelahanka. It is surrounded by Doddabommadra, Narsipura, Singapura and Veerasagara lakes. The region started to urbanize post 1990’s …
Rakshitha visited SLV Lakeview apartment on 19th August 2021. The water management practices are captured below: SLV Lakeview is an apartment complex in Baba nagar, Bangalore cross of Bengaluru North. The apartment was constructed during 2014. It has 96 flats and around 400 residents. The apartment is located very close to Palanahalli lake which …
Rakshitha and Shivanand visited Moongate well on 9th of August 2021. The document captures the details about the well: Moongate Events is an open convention centre located in Doddajala(13.169043,77.645674). The site is adjacent to Doddajala Lake. The lake has a catchment of hills called Akkayamma Betta. Moongate Events was constructed around 7years ago. It has …
Rakshitha and Shubha visited Asset Gardenia Enclave on 2nd of August 2021. The findings from the visit are documented below: Asset Gardenia Enclave is a layout located in Whitefield(12.96175, 77.74324). The layout was constructed in the year 2008. It has 88 plots out of which 79 are constructed and 9 empty. The layout does not …
Art in Transit & Biome Environmental Trust celebrated the work of the traditional well digging Mannu Vaddar Community with an evening of poetry by Kaavya Sanje and virtual tour of the mural at the Cubbon Park metro station, at the culmination of the Namma Ooru Namma Neeru project, on September 4, 2021. Weaving art and …
Rakshitha visited Richmond park in Richmond town on 7th of August 2021. The findings from the visit are captured below: Richmond park is looked after by caretaker Mr.Siddappa. He has been in Richmond park since 2 years. Richmond park has an old open well which was rejuvenated during the month of July by Ramakrishna (Ph: …