Title: Assessment Derived conservation strategies for major lakes of Karnataka
Year of Publication: 2013
Published by: Environmental Management Policy Research Institute
Printed Year: 2013
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Assessment Derived conservation strategies for major lakes of Karnataka – Bangalore Phase I.
With the financial assistance from Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc., Bengaluru, the EMPRI has successfully completed the study in the year 2013-14. The study aimed to achieve the strategies to be adopted in conservation and management of urban water bodies which are vulnerable to various kinds of pollution, encroachment, threats and degradation of water quality and biodiversity, changes in landuse pattern, degradation in catchment area and drainages. The project study area was focused on the South-western part of Bangalore, which comprised of three zones that are in different stages of development viz; already developed area, Sir M. Visweswaraya Layout (SMVL), under development area, Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Layout (NKPL) and Green Belt (GB). The area included 33 villages with 117 surface water bodies. The assessment report comprises of identification and documentation of existing and non-existing water-bodies (katte, kunte and kere), numbering and coding of water bodies, documentation of history and morphology of water bodies, study of hydrological profile, Landuse pattern analysis, transport network change analysis for the period of 40 years using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) technique, seasonal GPS mapping of water spread area of water bodies, water quality analysis, biodiversity assessment, identification and assessment of pollution sources, encroachments, threats to each lake, analysis of health status of each lake using Environmental Impact Unit (EIU). Lake Health Report Card (LHRC) has been prepared for 117 water bodies with cartography.