Armed with research findings, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) scientists fired the warning salvo yet again on Wednesday. The message to the State was clear: Preserve the existing water bodies, take immediate remedial measures or perish.   

“Lake 2010,” a symposium on “Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change” here was just the apt venue to raise the critical water issue. Dr T V Ramachandra, Senior Scientist, Energy and Wetland Research Centre (EWRC), Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), IISc, categorically asserted that Bangalore’s water bodies were poorly maintained and if the trend continued, the water crisis would be severe.

The common man, he said, was hardly aware of the severity of the problem. Water from river Cauvery will just not be enough to quench the thirst of a burgeoning Bangalore.
“The literacy level about ecological conservation among Bangaloreans is just 3.5 per cent. We need more literacy programmes to ensure protection of water bodies. The ground water is over-exploited. We need to create more water bodies so that the water table comes up,” he said.......Click for more

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