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Largest Septic Tank In Bengaluru, Says Report On City's Bellandur Lake
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake has become the largest septic tank in the city due to "sheer callousness and indifference", according to a damning report from a committee mandated by the National Green Tribunal or Green Court, adding that there was "not even one millilitre" of clean water in the lake.
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Residents 'Trapped' As Bengaluru Lakes Froth Like Never Before: 10 Points
After the city's heaviest August rain in a century, two giant lakes in Bengaluru are spewing so much toxic foam that residents who live near them have reportedly complained that they are having to stay indoors. On Wednesday, the froth, a stinking cocktail of chemicals and untreated sewage dumped in the lakes, rose to over 10 feet in the Varthur Lak...
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Now Spews 10-Feet-High Froth
Overnight rains, Bengaluru's heaviest in August in a century, has the city's Varthur Lake spewing foam and froth like never before. On Wednesday, the foam caused by toxic chemicals and untreated sewage in the lake rose to over 10 feet along the tall fence erected to keep the stinking cocktail of pollutants from spilling on to road in Varthur Kodi l...
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Foam Spilling Out On Bengaluru Roads, NGT Raps Karnataka Government
The National Green Tribunal today took Karnataka government and its civic authorities to task over foam spilling over into the streets in Bengaluru near the Varthur lake, causing massive traffic jams in the city.
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Moves From Froth To Fire, Smoke Fills The Air
After the froth, the flames - one of Bengaluru's two biggest lakes is following its pattern with a large fire reported this morning, hours after foam shot up from the water and sprayed drivers in the crowded eastern part of India's Silicon Valley.
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'Happens Every Year,' Says Chief Minister Siddaramaiah As Bengaluru Lake Shoots Toxic Foam
No problem, it happens every year, Karnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said, as Bengaluru's Varthur Lake froths and shoots toxic foam at motorists passing by. Pre-monsoon rain has meant more froth in the past week and people driving past the lake on the arterial Whitefield Road have had a tough time evading the flying clouds of chemical.
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Why Do Bengaluru's Foamy Lakes Need Foreign Help, Ask City Experts
Foam and froth and even flames, all caused by toxic chemicals and untreated sewage have been flowing into the two largest lakes in Bengaluru - Bellandur and Varthur - for decades. Foreign companies are now proposing to clean up the lakes. Last Saturday, experts from a UK firm and an Israeli firm visited Bellandur Lake.
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Bengaluru, Shamed By Frothing Lake, Summons International Help
Bengaluru's lakes have turned into showstoppers for reasons the city should be ashamed of. The two largest one - Bellandur and Varthur - have, in the last 20 years, frothed, foamed and burst into flames, the result of relentlessly being forced to accommodate toxic chemicals and untreated sewage.
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PM Modi, Please Help: 1,000 Bengaluru Kids Send SOS On Lakes
Last year in April, Bengaluru's residents got a shock. Three of India's Silicon city's lakes - Varthur, Bellandur and Yemalur - had gone white with foam. Mountains of froth, blown by the wind, were landing on the road, enveloping cars and pedestrians.
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First Froth, Now Flames in a Lake in Bengaluru
In Bengaluru, the sight of thick froth on a lake is strange enough. For the past few nights, people have noticed an even more unusual phenomenon - a lake in flames.
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Toxic Foam Overflows From Bengaluru's Varthur Lake
Those who live around the Varthur Lake in posh Whitefield in Bengaluru have seen it foam before in hot weather after it rains. But not this way. This year, white clouds of froth are spilling on to the road, scum that includes human waste.
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Largest Septic Tank In Bengaluru, Says Report On City's Bellandur Lake
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake has become the largest septic tank in the city due to "sheer callousness and indifference", according to a damning report from a committee mandated by the National Green Tribunal or Green Court, adding that there was "not even one millilitre" of clean water in the lake.
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Residents 'Trapped' As Bengaluru Lakes Froth Like Never Before: 10 Points
After the city's heaviest August rain in a century, two giant lakes in Bengaluru are spewing so much toxic foam that residents who live near them have reportedly complained that they are having to stay indoors. On Wednesday, the froth, a stinking cocktail of chemicals and untreated sewage dumped in the lakes, rose to over 10 feet in the Varthur Lak...
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Now Spews 10-Feet-High Froth
Overnight rains, Bengaluru's heaviest in August in a century, has the city's Varthur Lake spewing foam and froth like never before. On Wednesday, the foam caused by toxic chemicals and untreated sewage in the lake rose to over 10 feet along the tall fence erected to keep the stinking cocktail of pollutants from spilling on to road in Varthur Kodi l...
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Foam Spilling Out On Bengaluru Roads, NGT Raps Karnataka Government
The National Green Tribunal today took Karnataka government and its civic authorities to task over foam spilling over into the streets in Bengaluru near the Varthur lake, causing massive traffic jams in the city.
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Moves From Froth To Fire, Smoke Fills The Air
After the froth, the flames - one of Bengaluru's two biggest lakes is following its pattern with a large fire reported this morning, hours after foam shot up from the water and sprayed drivers in the crowded eastern part of India's Silicon Valley.
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'Happens Every Year,' Says Chief Minister Siddaramaiah As Bengaluru Lake Shoots Toxic Foam
No problem, it happens every year, Karnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said, as Bengaluru's Varthur Lake froths and shoots toxic foam at motorists passing by. Pre-monsoon rain has meant more froth in the past week and people driving past the lake on the arterial Whitefield Road have had a tough time evading the flying clouds of chemical.
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Why Do Bengaluru's Foamy Lakes Need Foreign Help, Ask City Experts
Foam and froth and even flames, all caused by toxic chemicals and untreated sewage have been flowing into the two largest lakes in Bengaluru - Bellandur and Varthur - for decades. Foreign companies are now proposing to clean up the lakes. Last Saturday, experts from a UK firm and an Israeli firm visited Bellandur Lake.
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Bengaluru, Shamed By Frothing Lake, Summons International Help
Bengaluru's lakes have turned into showstoppers for reasons the city should be ashamed of. The two largest one - Bellandur and Varthur - have, in the last 20 years, frothed, foamed and burst into flames, the result of relentlessly being forced to accommodate toxic chemicals and untreated sewage.
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PM Modi, Please Help: 1,000 Bengaluru Kids Send SOS On Lakes
Last year in April, Bengaluru's residents got a shock. Three of India's Silicon city's lakes - Varthur, Bellandur and Yemalur - had gone white with foam. Mountains of froth, blown by the wind, were landing on the road, enveloping cars and pedestrians.
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First Froth, Now Flames in a Lake in Bengaluru
In Bengaluru, the sight of thick froth on a lake is strange enough. For the past few nights, people have noticed an even more unusual phenomenon - a lake in flames.
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Toxic Foam Overflows From Bengaluru's Varthur Lake
Those who live around the Varthur Lake in posh Whitefield in Bengaluru have seen it foam before in hot weather after it rains. But not this way. This year, white clouds of froth are spilling on to the road, scum that includes human waste.
