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Rains fail to replenish lakes [1]

Poorly managed drains, encroached catchment areas are culprits

Heavy rain which lashed Bangalore for the last two days may have been a welcome development for a City reeling under a severe water crisis for the last two years, but they proved inadequate to fill a majority of lakes here.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2013
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]
Tags:
Karnataka [3], Bangalore (T) [4], Lakes [5], Drinking Water Scarcity [6], Rainfall [7], Drainage [8], Water Resources [9]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drainage
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources