Pollution in Bangalore, India

I am a Bengali, and I have settled in Melbourne, Australia. I'm an Australian citizen.

The present planning of Indian cities are dismal. The pollution and the rate of increase, will make all the cities including Bangalore an unlivable mess. Have a look at the most prosperous and sustainable countries in the World.
THEY ALL HAVE COASTAL CITIES.
1. Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart
2. New Zealand - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
3. United Kingdom - London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast
4. United States of America - Plenty of coastal cities. List is too long to mention here !
5. Canada - Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax
6. Nordic countries - Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Bergen
7. Ireland - Dublin, Cork, Galway
8. Persian Gulf countries - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Doha, Manama
9. Singapore
10. Japan - Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Kobe
11. Hong Kong and Macau

A huge majority of these cities don't face scarcity of water, they do excellently well in mitigating air pollution and water pollution, always have a steady economy and have prospered in trade. The access to beaches also keep people happy and the moderate climate (but also very humid) is indeed a blessing to the place. All these coastal cities are front-runners in Cruise tourism and are frequently visited by plenty of overseas tourists.

But, India has its own version of planning, which is absolutely ridiculous in the global context. Ironically, it was the British who created Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. During the British colonial rule, the infrastructure of Bombay was at par with London and New York. Without the British, the cities of Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata would have never existed today. But Indians have done their very best in ruining these cities also, which had excellent infrastructure during the British rule.

It is disheartening and very sad to comprehend that post Independence in 1947, not even a single coastal city has developed in India. The hypocrisy of Indians in general is that, and I quote - "coastal cities are very hot and humid", "I cannot stand the fish smell in these places", "It always gets flooded". Well, let me tell you that the above mentioned countries and territories also have problems, but they have truly set the benchmark.

Post-independence, India has only given importance to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, New Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, etc. But not even a single coastal city has grown into a sustainable Metropolis. Bangalore itself, is a testimony to the extreme centralization and urban disaster caused by India's haphazard planning. Very soon, Pune, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Jaipur, Indore, Chandigarh and Nagpur will certainly join this detrimental list along with Bangalore. The world will definitely laugh at the preposterous planning of India.

According to the Global benchmark of sustainable planning, India should predominantly develop its coastal cities such as Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Mangalore, Surat, Navi Mumbai and Panaji. If India doesn't develop its coastal cities very soon, then mark my words, India does not have a bright future. It will forever be a 3rd world country.

The report is 100% accurate. I have been living in this city for my entire life. No, this report does not make Bangalore 'LOOK' like hell hole, it has 'Become' one of late. Severe pollution levels, frustrated people all across the city, mindless honking on the road, loads and loads of dust.
The people to be blamed you ask? Not a single citizen, may it be localite, expat, temporary resident, foreigner, etc.
But, it's corrupt bureaucrats and politicians. Idiots (Read bureaucrats) did not have minimal sense of expansion while planning the city, never considered having the right person to so. year on year, the corruption has increased so much that its now affecting people's health and life directly (Both mental and physical). Idiots planned express corridor road 15 years back but did not give it a moment of thought for metro, entire world has a well build, underground metro which was constructed at least 30 years back and now Bangalore is coming up with metro in 2019 and its over the road.. inefficient city.. literally a Hell Hole to live in.

Hope no one else goes through this Pain of contemplating to leave the place where you are born and brought up. It kills a part of a person.

People who purchased apartments in congested places and with no open spaces are more responsible for this disaster i believe, as you are indirectly encouraging builders who cares only about money.

I recently moved from Hyderabad, and I feel like chocking as soon as i step out of my house...

Dust Level in Air,in and around Gedallahalli & Kothanur becomes very very high just after evening. Feels like suffocating.

Please don't spoil environment.and pollution. Once Bangalore is green city now it becomes pollution city.. Please stop spoiling the environment.... More is air pollution....

Bangalore once had its own River. Its name was Vrishabhavathi. This river's water was used for drinking.
Today, River Vrishabhavathi is an open garbage canal.

In the 1970s, Bangalore had around 300 lakes. Today, there are only 18 lakes left in Bangalore. Nearly 10 out of those 18 lakes are highly polluted. These remaining 10 highly polluted lakes include Bellandur lake, Varthur lake, Ulsoor lake, Subramanyapura lake, Challaghatta lake etc.

People in the comments section have added many other valuable points.

Even today, Bangalore called India's 'Garden City' and 'Silicon Valley'.

Bangalore has toxic lakes with foam and poisonous froth spewing out of it.
The people in Bangalore have no brains. The local Kannadigas criticize and discriminate outsiders for all the bad things happening over there. But in reality, they are also at fault for ruining their Proud city.
The entire city is congested with vehicles emitting harmful smoke. No one even cares to reduce the usage of motor vehicles in the city.
The level of honking and noise pollution is also unbearable due to the brainless IT crowd over there.
Garbage is burnt at night in Bangalore because Waste management is a failure in this city.
Uncovered manholes spew out all the drainage water in some places.
Bangalore is a Nightmare to live in.

Now that Bangalore is very polluted, the only people to blame are the PEOPLE living over there.
The traffic is insane and arguably the WORST in the world, not just in India.

There is dust and smoke all over Bangalore. Waste management is a failure, with some of the BBMP Garbage collectors throwing the collecting Garbage in vacant compounds. Then there is burning of garbage in open places at night. Lakes are filled with TOXIC foam and are used as construction sites.

Asthma and lung related diseases are prevalent in this city. 1 out of every 4 Bangaloreans suffer from Asthma.

Visit this city or any Q&A, blogs website related to Bangalore. You'll find 1 thing in common: BOASTING.

That's right. There is a lot of bragging and boasting regarding Bangalore. People are happy to stay in this awful city. You'll hear a lot of bragging such as
1. Garden city
2. Pensioner's Paradise
3. Green City
4. Bangalore is awesome city, but outsider's are spoiling it.

So with this mentality and ZERO PLANNING, you can come to your conclusion as to where Bangalore is headed for.

Bangalore is undoubtedly a WORST city.
I'm glad that I don't stay in Bangalore.

bangalore is green city 10 years back .. but today people had made so worst its become dirty city... my condition is green environment is dieing here... in future people will suffer like any thing...and neither politicans are ready to do any thing... biggest problem in bangalore is people migrating from different states and population couldnt been controlled here.. building of more flats and buildings loose weightage... no one concerned for better future ... so next 20 years it will become so polluted ppl vil seriously die..... neither god can help this bangalore..............ppl should give to hand to hand to stop real estate and helping in growing more trees for better bangalore and green city.. we dont bangalore as silicon city fuck it badly... but i need my city to cald as the ever green city with fresh air.... sriously i am much worried about my city ... ready to give hand to hand to save my city.. coz bangalore is my city ... i love it so much.. please we need that green city....

I don't understand why people go to Bangalore and spoil that city. If you're complaining about pollution, do something about it, or please leave Bangalore.

For all those who are complaining about Bangalore air quality - leave the city and find yourself a nice place in a smaller town. In India its gonna be a while no matter which government comes to power to become better, its in the people's hands. For the safety of your children leave the city.

Pollution in Bangalore is very high,hope metro will bring this down.By 2020, water will be like gold. Not too far max 2 generations, Bangalore will become a history of past. Comments might look bit pessimistic but reality is bitter, what to do.

Bangalore is the worst city to live in Bangalore hands down its too much polluted, kids are suffering because of this and the health of everyone is deteriorating rapidly water supply is a ticking time bomb here, not sure when the ground water is completely gone by the rate its being utilized, traffic is the worst in the world.. lots of crime and poor people from rest of country migrating here, loads of garbage in every road set on fire.. Bangalore has become a living hell..

Lived in Bangalore past 20 years, yes pollution is getting high and it s not good sign for health, skin, cough. I request to authority to function metro ASAP, everbody in the company should come up with rule to use bicycle or use metro, not fuled based vehicle. Use namma metro to reduce the pollutions. Dust has to remove, BBMP has to employee and serve the panchayath katha to clean, only cmc/BDA/BBMP katha their cleaning not regularly. Garbage has to be cleaned come-up with recycled for export to other poor developing country which can yield further revenue to the government.

Go to Thailand so displined to keep the city cleaned and well maintained, we need to learn many things. Individual state government adopt policy we can have good and cleaned healthy environment