Pollution in Bangalore, India

Air pollution data from World Health Organization Info
PM1096
PM2.546
PM10 Pollution Level: High

Pollution in Bangalore, India

Air Pollution
72.82 High
Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
63.59 High
Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal
77.42 High
Dirty and Untidy
72.35 High
Noise and Light Pollution
66.12 High
Water Pollution
79.00 High
Dissatisfaction with Spending Time in the City
68.34 High
Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City
51.63 Moderate

Purity and Cleanliness in Bangalore, India

Air quality
27.18 Low
Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
36.41 Low
Garbage Disposal Satisfaction
22.58 Low
Clean and Tidy
27.65 Low
Quiet and No Problem with Night Lights
33.88 Low
Water Quality
21.00 Low
Comfortable to Spend Time in the City
31.66 Low
Quality of Green and Parks
48.37 Moderate

Contributors: 855

Last update: November 2024

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If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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30 Comments so far
Skanda Ramamurthy on Nov 24, 2024:
In my PG in Bengaluru, the drinking water is highly contaminated. I was drinking this contaminated water every day in Bengaluru and it has damaged my brain and causing me mental problems. I am having schizophrenia and I suffer from having highly abusive and extremely rude behavior because of drinking contaminated water in Bengaluru.
I have already undergone treatments for schizophrenia and planning to leave Bengaluru soon. Bengaluru is highly polluted city.
Mahesh Batchu on Jul 16, 2024:
Bengaluru has more pleasant climate than Coorg and Wayanad throughout the year.
Bengaluru receives 2 monsoons - SW monsoon (Jun-Sep) and NE retreating(Oct-Jan). While Coorg and Wayanad located close to Laccadive Sea receives only 1 monsoon (SW monsoon) from Jun-Sep only.
Bengaluru at 920 meters elevation has a higher elevation than Most Coorg district places. Wayanad is only at 650 meters elevation.
Coorg and Wayanad have nothing, not even pleasant climate.
Bengaluru has more pleasant climate throughout the year than Coorg and Wayanad.
In Coorg and Wayanad, during each summer in April, the temperature reaches 40°C. Also during October to early December, Coorg and Wayanad are hot, while Bengaluru receives rainfall from the Bay of Bengal direction.
Coorg and Wayanad are highly overrated and overhyped hill stations.
Ramesh on May 05, 2024:
How are Bengaluru, Pune and Mysuru considered pleasant weather cities when their temperature crosses 40°C?
Calling Bengaluru, Mysuru and Pune as having pleasant weather is ridiculous.
Bengaluru has worst weather in summer.
Chinnarajan on Apr 30, 2024:
Bangalore climate has become the same as Tamil Nadu cities. There is extreme summer heat in Bangalore nowadays.
Temperature is reaching 40°C in Bangalore in April. Bangalore weather is just like Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Coimbatore and Chennai in summer.
Anonymous on Aug 08, 2023:
Dubai is the worst city, this city is of no significance. It would be much better if I shift to India forever and spend my entire life than this hellhole polluted Dubai. Mumbai is way better than Dubai in my opinion.
Urvashi on Jul 30, 2022:
Bangalore is a miserable, repulsive and one of the most disgusting places in the world. The lakes, Vrishabavathi River of Bangalore are obnoxiously and dangerously polluted. The people of Bangalore are the worst people. Burglary, murder, racism, persecution, molestations and gangrape are very common throughout Bangalore. All the Kannada news channels of Bangalore are filled with hooligans and rowdies as their journalists and news anchors. Many people from religious minorities are severely persecuted in Bangalore. The lakes of Bangalore are sinks for human waste and industrial effluent. Water borne diseases, Asthma, Pneumonia, hairfall, dandruff, dust allergy, cancer and skin rashes are very common throughout Bangalore.
Vishal on Jul 03, 2022:
I am a B.Tech Civil Engineering passout from VJTI Mumbai and working as a Zomato delivery valet in Mumbai. I am skilled in motorbike racing. I am tired of the pollution and claustrophobia in Mumbai and planning to move to Bangalore soon. I desperately want to work and get recruited as an Agile Scrum Master in Google.
Neelabh Varma on Dec 17, 2021:
Bengaluru has high levels of dust and air pollution. The water bodies are severely polluted. Kengeri river has become a drainage. Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and NCR are filled with millions of useless MBA graduates and useless engineers from non-CS non-IT background, who are working in Software Companies. As Akram Khan rightly mentioned, all the software companies of India are a waste. Indians copy ideas and products of western countries. The software company employees of India are the WORST in the world. Most Indians are talented as "fake marketers", and don't possess genuine software skills and acumen. The water quality of Bengaluru is worst. Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata are hellholes of the world.
Chandan Tyagi on Nov 13, 2021:
I am having severe dandruff and hair loss due to the dry climate of Bengaluru. The water quality in Bengaluru is the worst. My lips and nose are bleeding because of the dry climate and dust of Bengaluru. My dandruff and hair are pathetic because of my stay in Bengaluru.
Anonymous on Oct 26, 2021:
Covid positive cases always increase sharply in India during December onwards. During September to November, the positive cases decline to an all-time low, without any social distancing, without face masks and no sanitization.
Bengaluru traffic and health will be disasters if 'Return To Office' policy is enforced by software companies.
Rajiv on Oct 20, 2021:
Bangalore still has worst traffic. One can only determine the fate of Bangalore traffic if all software employees start returning to office. The traffic congestion at Bangalore will be unimaginably terrible when that happens.
Complete the metro lines throughout the city soon especially at Outer Ring Road, Electronic City, Whitefield and Mahadevapura.
Manivannan on Oct 18, 2021:
The taxpayers money is looted by the Government here in Bengaluru and throughout India. The software professionals in Bengaluru are all high taxpayers and we get peanuts in return from the Government. Tax is deducted from our salary by the software companies.
Many roads in Bengaluru are filled with potholes

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-krs-workers-pothole-puja-authorities-7576872/

The Indian and Karnataka governments and software companies only know to loot taxes from the software employees and gives us absolutely "nothing" back.
Anonymous on Jul 30, 2021:
All over social media, you will find Indians saying that when a city has more population, it is more developed. Having more population DOES NOT DENOTE development by any means. Indians are fools. In fact, more population leads to more burden on the natural resources, infrastructure and high population leads to pollution, congestion, backbiting and more spread of diseases. So, cities having high population in India shows that rape culture is abundant in these places. Control rape culture and molestation in India, and automatically in turn, the population, pollution and deforestation will also be reduced.
Also where do the taxes go? Having such high population signifies that all the taxes paid are totally mismanaged and the citizens get nothing in return.
Mithun on Mar 28, 2021:
These environmentalists can clean up all the lakes,encroachments and also plant more trees beside the footpaths and medians in Bangalore. Instead these foolish environmentalists are wasting all their energy in opposing the infrastructure and civil engineering projects in Bangalore and elsewhere in Karnataka and all over India.
Dhawan P on Mar 12, 2021:
All the environmentalists in India are hooligans and thugs. These environmentalists are government stooges that only cause grief and misery and delay the useful infrastructure projects. Why don't these environmentalists clean up all the polluted, encroached river and lakes of Bengaluru? These environmentalists have worst mentality.
Varun Rawat on Mar 12, 2021:
Where are those jobless environmentalists now? Atleast they can take a baby step in trying to clean the severely polluted and encroached water bodies and dusty localities of Bengaluru. These cheat environmentalists can't even afforest any place in Indian megacities.These good-for-nothing hypocrite environmentalists are famous in opposing any development in Karnataka that happens outside Bengaluru. They are known for their foolish objections to any useful infrastructure. India is home to the most hypocrite double-standard fake environmentalists in the world.
Manoj Reddy on Mar 08, 2021:
Having lived in Bengaluru I know the actual reality of that place. Bengaluru is a shithole to say the least. I am glad I don't stay here and will never want to visit that place again. All the lakes and water bodies of Bengaluru are nauseatingly polluted. Dust is absolutely everywhere any anywhere. Any traffic cop that stays in Silk Board or Yeshwanthpur junction for a day will get admitted to a mental asylum due to the traffic, honking, smoke and pollution. It is ridiculous. Crimes such as burglary, pickpocketing, chain-snatching are extremely high in Bengaluru and the cops take absolutely no action. Shame on all the politicians of India for declaring Bengaluru as the country's most livable city.
A Chaubey on Mar 05, 2021:
Lake in Bengaluru has caught fire today due to toxic foam. 2 days ago it was the former river (sewer), now it is the lake's turn to catch fire. Have a look here
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/bengaluru-bellandur-lake-toxic-foam-535641.html

The politicians of India have declared Bengaluru as the most livable city in the country. I sure hope all the politicians and journalists of India burn eternally in hell.
P Kashyap on Mar 03, 2021:
Vrishabhavathi river that once was a drinking water source for Bangalore is now completely filled with froth, pollutants and filth. The former river is a highly polluted sewer right now

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/once-a-source-of-drinking-water-bengaluru-river-now-filled-with-froth-stench-101614778435072.html

Pollution levels are extremely high in Bangalore. Water pollution is very severe in this city.
Rajiv M on Feb 21, 2021:
More than 12000 people have died in Bengaluru last year due to air pollution. Bengaluru's air pollution levels are toxic.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/air-pollution-led-to-12000-deaths-in-bengaluru-last-year/article33874517.ece

Don't forget, last year there were lockdowns and also the number of cases reported are far less in number. The actual numbers could be a lot higher than 12000.

In Bengaluru and throughout India, people are crazy about owning vehicles. People showoff their social status by riding their own vehicles. This appalling trend is observed throughout India.
Bhuvan on Jan 31, 2021:
Why is owning/driving a vehicle considered as high social status in India? This is among the highest levels of hypocrisy observed throughout India. People whine about insane traffic, but no one is bothered about the hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness. Throughout India there are insane levels of air pollution along with awful honking. India has the worst drivers and bikers in the entire world. I have been ridiculed and called inferior, immature, coward, miser by plenty of people in India for never owning a vehicle. I traveled anywhere inside the city in cycle/bus/auto/taxis. I have been mocked and insulted by almost all the people I have met.
It is no surprise that all Indian cities and towns are hellholes with horrible traffic and pollution.
Shame on Indians.
Narendra Gupta on Jan 23, 2021:
I am suffering from Asthma in Bengaluru. I had inhaled the dust and pollen during my stay in Bengaluru. The dry weather is making the sneezing worse. My wife had also suffered from Asthma in Bengaluru and she died in sleep. She could not breathe while sleeping. My children are also on the verge of contracting Asthma. Their sneezing is not going away at all even after medication. They are having bleeding nasal sinuses.
Bengaluru is a horrible place and it has completely ruined me and my family.
Balasubramanium K on Jan 20, 2021:
I am staying at HSR Layout in Bengaluru. Many people are burning trash and the noxious smoke is harming me and my family. The drainage water is overflowing daily onto the roads. Me and my family are suffering from Asthma and breathing problems. The dust is unbearable near our area. My eyes can't bear the noxious smoke of mass garbage burning and the dust floating around all over our locality. This is happening frequently every day.
Rajeshwar on Jan 20, 2021:
The Indian Media is total Garbage. Bangalore is dangerously polluted and the Indian Media never reports the facts. Places such as Ulsoor, Electronic City suburbs, Kengeri, Kolifarm Gate, Neelasandra, Madiwala, Bommanahalli, etc. are filled with heaps and piles of garbage. Suburb areas of Bangalore are waste dumping grounds. Trash is burnt openly in many places.
I am from Chandigarh and Bangalore is definitely a Garbage City.
Gulati on Jan 13, 2021:
After reading all the below comments, two things are for sure, most people in Bangalore people have zero civic sense, zero discipline. Having stayed here, I say that pollution is extremely severe in Bangalore.
Umesh on Jan 08, 2021:
Bangalore is among the worst polluted places in the world. This is correctly mentioned by other people. Bangalore is called - "Asthma capital of India", "Suicide capital of India".

Bangalore is also the capital of Hindutva terror in South India. Karnataka government is run by Hindutva terrorists. I am speaking the truth. The VHP considers all the Muslims and Christians as evil enemies of India. The ideology of the RSS is

"In India, Hindus are the owners, Parsis and Jews are guests, Muslims and Christians are dacoits."

This ideology is practiced and followed by millions of people in Bangalore including the software employees, managers, entrepreneurs and Central Government employees.
These same Hindutva terror supporters want to permanently settle and ask for onsite in Muslim and Christian countries. Bangalore has millions of people that support Hindutva terror.
In Bangalore, the Karnataka government and all the software companies show virulent hatred towards Muslims and Christians.
According to them, the ethnic cleansing of Muslims and Christians from Bangalore will reduce all the pollution levels in Bangalore. Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and sanitation issues will be solved.
I have a question - Why are foreign countries welcoming these millions of Hindutva terror supporters from Bangalore?
Guruprasad on Oct 18, 2020:
Bangalore is horribly filled with pollution in all points - Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, dust pollution. Air is completely filled with dust. Dust gets accumulated everywhere. The water quality in Bangalore is dangerous and miserable. The few remaining lakes have absolutely no aquatic life. They are used for dumping human waste.
Bangalore right now has the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases in India, next only to Pune. Bangalore is more worst affected than the worst 3rd world countries.
All Bangalore software companies have cheating managers and entrepreneurs. The managers in all the Bangalore software companies openly discuss politics and instigate the employees. Religious discrimination, racism, bigotry, backstabbing, deceit, bullying, betrayal are extremely high in all the software companies of Bangalore.
Murder, Gangrape and Extortion happen very frequently at night in the streets of Bangalore. Vast majority of the crime in Bangalore not reported.
My sister was raped multiple times at night in the streets of Bangalore by drunk men. She was walking alone.
The people are scared of the police, law and order. Bangalore is filled with injustice in all aspects.
As plenty of people have correctly mentioned, I also fully agree that Bangalore is definitely the Suicide Capital of India.
Pradeep Chaurasia on Oct 08, 2020:
I am from Uttar Pradesh and I will say with certainty that Bengaluru is the worst place to live in South India. Bengaluru is extremely polluted in every aspect. Most people in Bengaluru are good in cheating others.
But I will say that Bengaluru is cleaner and safer than any city in North India.
Sorry for the comparison, but South India is a lot cleaner, more safer, less polluted and more developed than any place in North India and Central India.
Devarajan on Sep 19, 2020:
I am from Singapore of Indian origin. Bangalore should follow Singapore as an example of reducing pollution, maintaining cleanliness of high standards. Singapore is also densely populated with millions of people. But Singapore is among the cleanest, developed and safest megacities in the world. Singapore's infrastructure is far more advanced than Bangalore.
I hope Bangalore also learns from Singapore soon.
Subramanian Swamy on Sep 08, 2020:
Bangalore is certainly the Suicide Capital of India. There are millions of RSS and Sanghi followers and masterminds living in Bangalore. Their migration to Bangalore is only increasing each day. These RSS masterminds in Bangalore spew and instigate hatred towards minority religions.
Bangalore has enormous amount of crime. Most of the crime goes unreported. The Indian media is Garbage and a puppet of the RSS. Chain-snatching, extortion, pickpocketing and molestation are very common in the streets of Bangalore.
Bangalore is also extremely polluted in all terms. Air pollution here is unbearable due to dust, smoke, pollen, smog, etc. All water bodies are ridiculously polluted. Waste materials are dumped to lakes and they're also encroached.
Noise pollution is extremely high due to vehicles, honking and construction activities.