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From Garden City to Pollution Crisis: CES Report Warns of 'Mythical' Green

By prasanna jodidar
From Garden City to Pollution Crisis: CES Report Warns of 'Mythical' Green

Bengaluru Faces Severe Water Contamination and Deafening Noise Spikes, Urging Immediate Action to Save the City’s Ecosystem

Centre for Ecological Sciences on Wednesday have published few pollution issues in Bangalore.

The Bangalore ecological landscape is the symphony of moderate air quality and faces crucial issues with water and noise pollution. Despite Bangalore’s environment is better than few cities of North India, the clean ecology and green ecology is still a myth. Amazon Brand - Myx Women's Schiffli Embroidery Ethnic Dress | Fit and Flare | Knee Length (Available in Plus Sizes)

The average AQI for Bangalore is 57-58, that makes it a moderate category.

The significant pollutants are PM10 (69.18) PM2.5 (65.4).

The uncontrolled construction dust and vehicle emissions are the main hurdles.  CES has warned even after avoiding the winter smog of Delhi, PM10 levels are stably high in Silk Board, BTM Layout and Peenya because of infrastructure projects.   

Once the Garden City was also called the city of lakes, presently Bangalore is facing severe water quality crisis.  

Contamination level shows 40% of Bangalore lakes comes under class E, the poorest water quality category.

Fecal coliform level shows 280 times higher than prescribed bathing standards. The worst affected lakes are Hosakere, Mahadevapura and Sarjapura lakes which are in critical conditions because of untreated sewage inflow.  

The other blow to ecology is BBMP has identified 472 acres of encroached lake land, hardly any land was reclaimed.

Noice pollution has witnessed a steep increase than air pollution.

There has been a reported 30% increase in daytime noise and a 50% spike at night across major monitoring stations. Judiciary Under Siege in Bengal: CJI Surya Kant Directs Deployment of Central Forces

NIMHANS, Daytime levels have reached 114.3 dB (well above the 50 dB limit)

There has been a reported 30% increase in daytime noise and a 50% spike at night across major monitoring stations. 22-Minute Shock Was Just the Beginning: Rajnath Singh Issues Grave Warning to Pakistan

BTM Layout, Nighttime noise has surged to 91.4 dB.

All the facts show Bangalore is in alarming situation and we have to right now, to save green and our ecology.