The Concrete Jungle.

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Bengaluru the capital city of the state of Karnataka. It is also called as the garden city of India, silicon city of India and city of pubs. It is the 5th metro city after Chennai and also one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Bengaluru is known for its weather, which is no like other.

Kempe Gowda, known as the founder of the city. He played a very important role in shaping up the city. The city was made as the capital by the British. Bengaluru is also known for its rich heritage and culture.

Bengaluru would have been one of the best and also would be a very peaceful city in India, if the city was perfectly planned.

What the city was 50 years back within the four towers, is now a completely a different one. Life has become tough in Bengaluru. No lung spaces, only buildings wherever you go. And also not a safe place for the women. What a shame it is for a city like Bengaluru to earn such a bad name.

What are the reasons that made the city to take a drastic turn? First of them would be of population. People from all parts of the country prefer Bengaluru, because of the endless opportunities that it provides to the people. From here the problem arises. When there is a huge range of floating population in the city, it creates havoc.

Many people who reside in Bengaluru, hesitate to speak in Kannada, we must appreciate some people though they have come from outer states they still make an effort to learn Kannada! Which is the official language of the state? This attitude of the people would have a negative impact on the culture. Respecting the local culture shall be the duty of every individual.

Un-controlled population creates an undue attraction such as the real estate mafia. There is no space for the people to build houses, which is leading them to acquire illegal acquisitions. This results in the increasing demand for the real estate. 

Lakes started disappearing due to illegal encroachment for the purpose of construction of buildings. Almost 80% of the city's lakes have been vanished. Illegal felling of trees. All these have created a chaos, absolutely no peace to live.

Secondly, rapid industrialisation. When things are not planned it's a sheer disaster. Why concentrate only Bengaluru. Is this the only city to get hit by all? Rapid industrialisation created huge employment opportunities, which attracted the people from all over the country. All these factors have become ingredients for the lack of discipline in the city. 

Development is necessary for the progress but not at the cost of environment.

We feel there caring for the environment and also urbanization is very much possible and can be done by scientific methodology the sad part is that, people have lost tolerance towards other beings and the mother earth which have made them brutally selfish and greedy.

In 2001 there was the big I.T boom where numerous Multi-national companies started their operation and tech hubs, from a statistical and rational aspect as the job market got this boom, the government should have analysed the trends in the increasing number of vehicles on the road and planned them, upgraded them and also should have started the projects like local trains and Metros, early so that they would have come to conclusion by now.

 

Speaking of projects, due to the corruption which we spoke in our last blog. It is very difficult to keep the momentum of the project going on; this problem is not only in Bengaluru but everywhere in India.

Even the issue of floating population, is another region for the chaos we see on the way to our work place, building huge faults near to the business centres, by just destroying the lakes or terrain present there, then the most unfortunate part is the digging of countless bore wells and lowering the Groundwater table to ,to the danger levels.

All these mindless building of concrete jungles have lead to the tremendous collection of garbage waste which the authorities are finding difficult to manage and recycle.

Well these are all the problems, what is the solution? Each one us is the solution, if we start making small changes like carpooling, not buying expensive cars, and driving it alone! Not just buying multiple flats throughout the city to just evade taxes! Spreading awareness to people about the dangers of water table depletion and so on.

The government has to really work on the urban -eco balance and help this environment survive, hope we will all join hands and do the needful at the earliest. Which will help to save the charm of this beautiful city?

Living with hope 

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy.