Southern India’s Bengaluru city, sometimes called India’s Silicon Valley because of the large number of tech companies that are based here, was home to 250 lakes in the 1960s, which by some estimates have now reduced to roughly 180, primarily due to encroachment for apartments and city infrastructure and excessive extraction of groundwater Read More
As climate risks grow, India’s Bengaluru is trying to save its vanishing lakes … from the Independent Aijaz Rahi and Sibi Arasu
