Bellandur Buzz…Issue # 17August 28th 2014 Shared fortnightly by: bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Can we celebrate an eco-friendly Ganesha Festival? Photo Courtesy: Saahas. Every year, during Vinayaka Chaturthi, a huge number of Ganesha idols are immersed in Bangalore lakes. Most of these idols are made of Plaster of Paris, colored with toxic paints and adorned with thermocol and plastic, none of which are bio-degradable. These toxic chemicals leach into the lake eco-system polluting the waterbodies. Instead, one could use clay Ganesha idols and decorate them with homemade colours and flowers and leaves. Photo Courtesy: TMAD selling clay idols. TMAD (To Make…
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Bellandur Buzz…August 14th, 2014, Issue #16 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Independence Day events: Green Glen Layout Independence day CelebrationsVenue: Football Ground near the Park.Time: 9 amChief guest: MLA Arvind Limbavalli Tree plantation at Saul KereVenue: Saul kereTime: 9amThis event at the lake is managed by MAPSAS and funded by Genpact. For details, please contact rajitha.myneni@genpact.com. Entry points to Saul Kere Participative Aquifer Mapping Program BIOME , WIPRO, ACWADAM (from Pune) and MAPUNITY (from Bangalore) are jointly undertaking a study Participative Aquifer Mapping Program around the Sarjapura - Bellandur area. This study intends to be a participatory exercise involving…
Read moreBellandur Buzz…August 14th, 2014, Issue #16 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Independence Day events: Green Glen Layout Independence day CelebrationsVenue: Football Ground near the Park.Time: 9 amChief guest: MLA Arvind Limbavalli Tree plantation at Saul KereVenue: Saul kereTime: 9amThis event at the lake is managed by MAPSAS and funded by Genpact. For details, please contact rajitha.myneni@genpact.com. Entry points to Saul Kere Participative Aquifer Mapping Program BIOME , WIPRO, ACWADAM (from Pune) and MAPUNITY (from Bangalore) are jointly undertaking a study Participative Aquifer Mapping Program around the Sarjapura - Bellandur area. This study intends to be a participatory exercise involving…
Read moreBellandur Buzz…July 31st 2014 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Awareness Programs for Children's safety Teju Nageshwari of NSmiles has organised a’ Safety at Surroundings workshop’ for children aged 3-7 years and 8-12 years this sunday. To enroll your child, contact tejuvijay at gmail dot comTeju Nageshwari has a certificate on child psychology, life skills and relationships from Banjara Academy. nSmiles.in is a firm focusing on emotional health and wellbeing. ~~ ConfidentLiving Learning conducted more than 10 workshops for children on “Safe touch-Unsafe touch" from 25th July to 29th July in Green Glen Layout. The workshop was open for…
Read moreBellandur Buzz…July 31st 2014 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Awareness Programs for Children's safety Teju Nageshwari of NSmiles has organised a’ Safety at Surroundings workshop’ for children aged 3-7 years and 8-12 years this sunday. To enroll your child, contact tejuvijay at gmail dot comTeju Nageshwari has a certificate on child psychology, life skills and relationships from Banjara Academy. nSmiles.in is a firm focusing on emotional health and wellbeing. ~~ ConfidentLiving Learning conducted more than 10 workshops for children on “Safe touch-Unsafe touch" from 25th July to 29th July in Green Glen Layout. The workshop was open for…
Read moreBellandur Buzz… Issue #14July 17th 2014 Shared fortnightly by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com To get this newsletter directly in your inbox every fortnight, click here. Ibblur Lake - Buffer zone violation Earlier in March this year, a demolition drive by the Tehsildaar cleared away encroachments around Ibblur lake. One of the encroachers was operating a commercial borewell which was stopped. But after a few days it resumed operations. Now it has run dry and in blatant and continuing violation of the buffer zone surrounding the lake, a new borewell is being dug at the same location. This is…
Read moreBellandur Buzz… Issue #14July 17th 2014 Shared fortnightly by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com To get this newsletter directly in your inbox every fortnight, click here. Ibblur Lake - Buffer zone violation Earlier in March this year, a demolition drive by the Tehsildaar cleared away encroachments around Ibblur lake. One of the encroachers was operating a commercial borewell which was stopped. But after a few days it resumed operations. Now it has run dry and in blatant and continuing violation of the buffer zone surrounding the lake, a new borewell is being dug at the same location. This is…
Read moreBellandur Buzz… Issue #13 July 2nd 2014 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com SF Spotfix Residents of Springfields, working with the BBMP decided to take charge of the black spot outside their second exit gate which always gets dumped with garbage from across the street and used as a urinal too. This area is a no man's land as its is Springfields private land maintained by them till the road widening comes about. Finally the dumping got so bad that the citizens decided to take charge. About ten to fifteen residents, assisted by BBMP's workers and some of…
Read moreBellandur Buzz… Issue #13 July 2nd 2014 Shared fortnightly by the Citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com SF Spotfix Residents of Springfields, working with the BBMP decided to take charge of the black spot outside their second exit gate which always gets dumped with garbage from across the street and used as a urinal too. This area is a no man's land as its is Springfields private land maintained by them till the road widening comes about. Finally the dumping got so bad that the citizens decided to take charge. About ten to fifteen residents, assisted by BBMP's workers and some of…
Read moreLet me not write a sentence more than this one, over the daily traffic jam at Kundalahalli Gate, near Whitefiel - Bengaluru: If you are reading this, you know it’s bad. The good news is that the BBMP is about to launch an ambitious project to not just construct an underpass at Kundalahalli Gate, but also to make signal-free the entire road between Vallara Junction and Hope Farm. Aha, great — you say. But what about the situation during construction? How do we get in and out of Whitefield when there’ll be a massive pit in the ground…
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