LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LDA AND BENGALURU(BANGALORE)

 The city of Bangalore is a marvellous city in many ways chisseled and christened by centuries of occupants both domestic and International and every community for that matter has left an indelible stamp on the city in its own way and right..

Very crisply said the city of Bangalore has many decorations handed down by the past both pristine and modern.The greatness of this city are its lakes -myraid of them in every nook and corner.Added to these lakes are three formal rivers which are in turn connected to these lakes.The water in these lakes are largely gifted by the Eastern Ghat mountain range which are short in height and barren and large supplies of water descending from these mountains traverse in many ways accross the Bsangalore plains to join the Cauvery river in some form down the plains.The lakes are largely plush with water from the Eastern Ghats and also from the rains.

When I was a kid there were two major lakes near our house which are oliterated now.In 2002 I had sent an email to the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri. S M Krishna the need to save these lakes and hence came the LDA (Lake Development Authority) which over the decades hence has done a splendid job preserving and developing these lakes.

Shri S M Krishna  CM in 2002

Iam seen with the older brother of Shri S M krisna with whom I had some friendship

Recently I visited the Nayandahalli lake and was wonderstuck at the wonderful flora that has been created around it and also two fountains in the middle with coloured light.Such fountains could be placed in all the lakes to add to the aura of the city.The same model could be followed across the country by district administrators to preserve the water bodies and add fountains in the middle with coloured light which glorifies the town in many ways.

nayandahalli lake

Fish Farming and Bangalore

Fish Farming is an activity of rearing fish in artificially or naturally created water spots where various kinds of fish can be reared for human consumption. The activity of Fish farming itself has notable and constructive social consequences. To my observation there is large scale fish consumption by the populace of Bangalore.

Fish for many years found its way into Bangalore in the Island express fish being shipped from the dynamic Fishing communities of Kerala and in essence was a thriving activity and add to this "Dry Fish" another form of fish preserved naturally through some processes. I find even technically speaking the mineral contents of fish having constructive influence on the Consumers. Retailing and its growth has most possibly altered the pattern and the mannerisms of Fish consumption, that with modern facilities at retail outlets Fish can be preserved for a larger period of time and at the same time consistent quality can be maintained.

What concerns me goes much beyond all these. Look at the lakes and water bodies of Bangalore...In and around the city every five kilometers one encounters huge water bodies and such occurrences not exhibiting itself in many cities of the world. These water bodies have emerged as a consequence of mud wall bunds deliberately created for storing water as early as the 15th century and note that the water content in these lakes are by and large clean. Many of these lakes have been converted into residential areas by force but there still exists many such protected water spots around the city. The Government has rightly created a body called the Lake Development Authority to take care and protect these lakes. There is also a well formed and framed Fisheries department of the Government. I remember appraising the Chief Minister of Karnataka state in 2001 Shri S M Krishna about the need to protect the lakes of Bangalore in a communique. 

Can many of these water bodies of Bangalore be subject to Fish farming  and when this activity is in professional hands an efficient Industry can be created here that perennially grows fish out of our waters and the fish so created cycled for human consumption through retail outlets or otherwise. These water bodies that silently skirt our firmament may have large scale economic ramifications.