"Water War" - Green Glen Layout and Sobha Apartment complexes, Belandur, Bangalore.

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To all my friendly neighbors of Green Glen Layout and Sobha Apartment complexes -

The world's next wars could be about water. I recall reading in one of the articles from Deccan Herald. It has almost become true in case of our smaller and widely known Green Glen Layout and the Sobha Apartments(Hibiscus, Jasmine, Aquamarine, Quartz) at Belandur, Bangalore.Yes a PROXY WAR has already started with every new developer building an apartment complex in Green Glen Layout and surrounding areas digging bore well over 100 feet more than the neighbors bore well to ensure he has sufficient water for his housing complex which is resulting in shortage of water for the existing apartment complexes. Well, to be precise every bore well is dug in our area is beyond 700 feet and off late we have seen the machines digging well beyond 1000 feet which has become a norm. The water table has gone down drastically. The general conception of digging deeper well means getting more water BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. The developers should look at alternate means like Rain Water Harvesting/Ground water Recharging. I heard from my family that our bore well has gone dry already and we are getting water from the water suppliers since 3 days this is a real concern not just for me but for many of us. We had sufficient water untill last week. I got to know the reason the neighboring site developer dug a borewell which was deeper than ours and I am sure he has hit the same source of water that we were utilizing. I don't blame him for what he did.I really dont want to see my wife calling me at office and saying there is no water at home. This is really ALARMING. Remember A spark neglected burns the house and we are already seeing the smoke and its high time we do something to douse this off. I am sure all of us do understand this but still we have not taken any action on it yet. The summer is already here well in advance which we can see with increase in temperature and surprisingly summer fruits (Jackfruit, Mango, and Water Melon) already hitting the shelves well ahead of time I am not here to quote GLOBAL WARMING, WATER HARVESTING, GREEN REVOLUTION reports/research etc I know much has been talked about and less has been done to which we are indirect contributors. I am writing this petition for couple of things which I feel we should immediately action on within our Layout and neighborhood -

1.Request all Apartment Residents Association to look at - implementing Rain Water Harvesting aggressively. While I understand some have done it but most of them have not taken any actions yet. We can request and bring awareness to adjacent neighborhoods about the same as well. Remember the water you are harvesting need not necessarily charge your ground water alone someone else might benefit as well so we need others to help you recharge yours as well.
2.Request water suppliers to stop mining water for commercial purposes within layout rather look at getting water from other sources where water is abundant. I know it means increase in cost for them they can pass this on to the consumers obviously. Not all suppliers are mining the water out within layout but for couple.
3.Move our petition to BBMP and Local MLA and see when we can get the BWSSB water supply (Cauvery) to our locality remember we all have paid the necessary BWSSB fees combined fees actually runs into several crores of rupees.
4.Invoke a thought process and get valuable comments on what other things we can do to ensure we become self-sufficient and a role model to other developing communities like ours.
5.While I understand all of us are literate enough to understand the need to save water but I still feel there is a need to create more awareness amongst the community.So let's start this signature campaign to show our support to this cause and think of other means to spread the awareness.

Remember every day approximately 120 truck loads (6000 litres) of water enter into Green Glen and Sobha Apartment complexes at Rs. 270/load totaling around Rs. 32,400/day and a whopping 10 Lakh rupees a month - which I am sure is quite a high price we are paying for our very own mistakes. Lets do something before the next summer cooks us up and lets raise the toast for what we will do this summer. Water Harvesting ---- Way to Go.

I had a discussion this morning with our Layout Association President Venkat he had couple of points to make one is that we need to look at Rain Water harvesting yes we have discussed this above. And the second is that many of us are ready to have a dialogue with the water suppliers mining water within the Layout for commercial purpose we are not talking about any fights with them we are talking about how we can settle this with them amicably through "Gandhigiri" and ensure GREEN stays in our neighborhood and we are not left DRY. Let's try and get in touch with local Government office bearers and get a perspective of what can be done to our problem. Kindly sign this petition and provide us your valuable support. Help us to help you.

319 Signatures

  • Karthikeyan
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Daisy
  • Suresh R
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Daisy
  • Balaji R
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • A 174 Sobha Hibiscus
  • Satheesh A
    • Comments
    • We are buying water daily since our borewell is almost dry because of people making money by illegal selling thousands of tankers daily from Green Glen Layout private sites
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mana Carnations
  • Venkatachala
    • Comments
    • All resident's come forward for a Peace March and let's walk up to these individuals and request them not to destroy our layout by exploiting the ground water.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Green Glen Layout
  • G .V S. R
    • Comments
    • Yes we need to action upon this ASAP else once summer set is the tanker guys will take advantage of us by demanding more.We need to aslo stop those who are digging illegal borewells for commercial purpose
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Cosmos
  • Narasimha S
    • Comments
    • Good Initiative, we are spending thousands of rupees monthly for water, We never know that tankers are bring water from GG Layout itself, we need to first stop it and urge Gov to provide Cauvery water ASAP . We extend our support for this initiation
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Windsor Apartment
  • Sivasubramanian K
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mana Campbell
  • Shruti
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Dahlia
  • karthi
  • Anshuman S
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    • DSR Windsor
  • Ramesh B
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    • Mana campbell
  • Abdul S
    • Comments
    • I agree with you 100\% and this is the right time we all should cross our fingers together to fight for the WATER WAR !
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mak Park View
  • Suresh I
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Fairmont
  • Amit G
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Daisy
  • Renjith R
    • Comments
    • I completely agreee with the petition and encourage every one including govt officials to help us through.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sreenivasa Enclave
  • Apurba S
    • Comments
    • Great initiative! The success would lie on how soon we translate this wonderful initiative from the internet to the real ground. Can we fix-up a day when we all meet somewhere, maybe at the park?
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mak Park View
  • Ankit A
    • Comments
    • The private operators can't be allowed to deplete the water meant for our community
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Hamilton Surabhi
  • Sriraam G V
    • Comments
    • I vehemently oppose commercial water mining within our layout
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mana Campbell
  • Shankar R
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR FAIRMONT - G1
  • Deepak S
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    • В
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Quartz
  • Amitkumar B
    • Comments
    • Most of us are not only facing water issues due these water sellers, but the guzzling water tankers in the area also post a threat on safety and peace of each resident.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Ajantha Presidency
  • Suresh Kumar V
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    • Pranavah Apple Blossom
  • Sumit M
    • Comments
    • I agree with the petition and I would like the Cauvery water supply to be available in Green Glen at the earliest. Cauvery Water Supply should be the primary source while Rain Havesting could very well be the secondary source of water.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Ajantha Comforts
  • Kadagattur S
    • Comments
    • Strongly support the push for water harvesting
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Jasmine
  • Siva Sankar G
    • Comments
    • Earth is covered with 75\% of water in which only 3\% of water is fresh water to drink and in that only 0.007\% of water is available for public to drink, Scientists proved Lakes and rivers are getting dried every where in the World faster than expected, Lets be united and contribute our little to save water for ourself. Thanks and Appriciate for this initiative.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Pranavah Apple Blossom
  • Subhash
  • Pradeep L
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Srinivasa Enclave
  • Rohit K
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Jasmine
  • Sulatha
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Hibiscus
  • Sivasundar
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Hamilton Court
  • Shreyas M
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mana Carnations Apt
  • Sathish Kumar N
    • Comments
    • Do Agree
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mak Park View
  • Ashok B
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Ajantha Presidency
  • Vinay Kumar P P
    • Comments
    • Appreciate the Initiative .
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Fairmont
  • Beulah Nirmala A
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    • Ajantha Presidency
  • Ranjan
    • Comments
    • Very good initiative, My apartment already has rain water harvesting and seems to recharge the borewell with water that used to go waste. it helps my neighbor if they have from same channel under earth
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Cosmos
  • Raghuveerakumar
    • Comments
    • It's great idea. We have to wakeup, need to take action ASAP.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • SahithDelight
  • Sushil Kumar S
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    • #302, Siri Enclave
  • Anil G
  • Mangesh B
    • Comments
    • I am resident of this area and there is not water in our borewwell
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Regency
  • Deepak G
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR FAIRMONT
  • Rita G
    • Comments
    • People says save water but we do not have it. first we need it.
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR FAIRMONT
  • Ravindran
  • Bharath Bhushan H
    • Comments
    • Please do the needful in this regard
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Ajantha Presidency
  • Ganesh R
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sobha Mayflower
  • Ajit Kumar D
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • DSR Regency G2
  • Pavan C
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Pranavah Apple Blossom
  • Nixon
    • Comments
    • Thanks for the great initiative
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Sahith Delight
  • Rajeevalochana K
    • Apartment Complex Name
    • Mak Parkview, Green Glen Layout