The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has engaged RV College of Engineering, Bangalore to conduct an environmental audit of all the industries existing in the catchment area of Chandapura lake. The KSPCB has not accorded permission to any industry having captive effluent treatment plant to discharge its effluents into the common effluent treatment plant (CETP). Officers have been directed by the KSPCB to collect samples from the drains leading to Chandapura lake for the forensic analysis and trace pollutant studies.

Brief noted by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Original Application No. 608 of 2022  (In re News item published in Bangalore Mirror dated 18.08.2022 titled Nightmare sewage plant chokes nearby residents).

The order of the Karnataka High Court in the matter of Somashekar Shankarappa Hurukadli Vs The State of Karnataka & Others.

Action plan on behalf of the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District on pollution of Chandrapura lake.

Order of the Karnataka High Court regarding people engaged in the business of crackers and firework items plying business in the congested areas of Bangalore city.

The Director General of Police through an order, September 27, 2013 had prohibited those in the business of crackers and firework items from carrying on their business in the congested areas of Bengaluru city.

Order of the High Court of Karnataka in the matter of Registrar (Judicial Vs The Chief Secretary) dated 06/07/2022.

Amicus Curiae informed the court that approximately 4,54,238 children aged upto 3 years have not been enrolled to Anganawadi. Further, children between 4-6 years numbering 4,36,206 have not been enrolled to Anganawadi.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in The Hindu dated 26.04.2022 titled “Flow of industrial effluents into Phalguni results in fish kill” dated 29/04/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sharath RK Vs State of Karnataka dated 13/04/2022.

Grievance in the application is that there is illegal construction of houses and shops under the high-power transmission lines without safety distance as per the laid down norms at Ashwath Nagar, Thanisandra main road, under BBMP Ward No.6. Storm water drains connected to the lakes of Bangalore were also encroached, resulting in untreated waste water being discharged into the said drains. On account of illegal constructions and parking, the roads were blocked.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published on 21.11.2021 in the Indian Express titled “Lakes of Bengaluru : Industrial effluents, raw sewage; stinky tale of Chandrapura lake” dated March 29, 2022. The matter related to damage to the Chandrapura lake and failure of statutory regulators to take remedial action. The media report mentions that the buffer zone of the lake has been encroached upon and waste is being dumped into the lake. It is choked by encroachments and affected by effluents and waste.

Additional written submission by the Karnataka Power Corporation in the matter between Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 22/03/2022.