CAUVERY NETRAVATHI ARKAVATHI VRISHABHAVATHI KUMUDVATHI SUVARNAMUKHI CHINNAR DAKSHINA PINAKINI

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2196
36.4%
BBMP AREA OF KARNATAKA'S GDP
32% OF THE DISTRICT THE HIGHEST CONTRIBUTOR
RAINFALL POPULATION (2015)
BENGALURU URBAN
BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT GDP 1981 -2021 AVG IN MILLION
DISTRICT AREA IN BILLION RUPEES IN MM
IN SQ KMS AT CURRENT PRICES

The objective of this map is to bring perspective on the use and abuse of rivers. Waste flows in natural river corridors without exception and water in
man-made pipelines. Both devoid of life, flow in opposite directions. The situation is especially stark for the rivers passing through the district,
Vrishabhavathi, Arkavathi, Dakshina Pinakini, Chinnar, Suvarnamukhi, as they are already converted into drains. Cauvery, the current drinking water
source, is not spared either. Heavily polluted and altered,the river is in a dire state.

1460

1478

NANDI STATE FOREST

DODDABALLPURA TOWN

2)
17
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ATH
BENGALURU RURAL
DISTRICT )
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DAKS
PAST LIFELINE OF BENGALURU, HESARAGHATTA, IS DRY
OVEREXPLOITED
AND/OR FILLED WITH WASTE AND IS ABANDONED AS A YELAHANKA T.
)
(47

DRINKING WATER SOURCE. 861

UDAVATHI R.

FROM ARKAVATHI TO NETRAVATHI RIVER: 903

PRESENTLY, EFFORTS ARE ON TO BRING 0.7 TMC
OF WATER FROM NETRAVATHI RIVER.
YELAHANKA AIRFORCE BASE
KOLAR
DISTRICT
KUM

901 864

JARAKABANDI
STATE FOREST
ESTEEM MALL

-NAGAVARA 868
HEBBAL S.

924 THE SO CALLED RAJA KALUVE'S/STORM

WATER DRAINS
ARE ACTUALLY STREAMS, THAT FEED THE RIVER. TODAY
OVEREXPLOITED
BENGALURU NORTH T. OVEREXPLOITED THEY ARE CONCRETIZED AND HAVE BECOME CARRIERS
BENGALURU EAST T. OF BENGALURU'S WASTE.

PAST LIFELINE OF BENGALURU, CHAMARAJASAGARA IS MANTRI SQUARE MALL

935
FILLED WITH WASTE CARRIED BY ARKAVATHI. IT IS
7)
749 VIDHANA SOUDHA
ABANDONED AS A DRINKING WATER SOURCE.
. (6
IR
WHITEFIELD FORUM MALL

H 862
AT
K-100 DRAIN
FROM ARKAVATHI TO NETRAVATHI RIVER:
869
PRESENTLY, EFFORTS ARE ON TO BRING 1.8 V
A
LLAGHATTA S.
H

TMC OF WATER FROM NETRAVATHI RIVER.

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IS
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729 OVEREXPLOITED
BENGALURU SOUTH T.

MANCHANABELE TURAHALLI FOREST

MINOR FOREST

AZIM PREMJI
ED

WATER, 100 KMS AWAY, FROM CAUVERY IS PUMPED UP

AT

UNIVERSITY
KUMBALGODU
IG N

FROM AN ELEVATION OF 597 METERS TO 825 METERS, TO STATE FOREST

825
ES
DD

TATAGUNI PUMPING STATION(PS) TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO

948 )
(45
AR

APPROX 12.9 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN BENGALURU. BANNERGHATTA HILLS

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NT

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CE

RAMNAGARA
DISTRICT

RAMNAGARA TOWN

BANNERGHATTA DA
NATIONAL PARK KS
HI
NA
PI
N
AK

IN THE WEST: WASTE IS RETURNED TO ARKAVATHI AND 697

IN

VRISHABHAVATHI RIVERS THAT JOINS CAUVERY AT

IR

SANGAMA, LITTLE UPSTREAM OF MEKEDATU.

. (
42

IN THE EAST: WASTE IS RETURNED TO DAKSHINA

6)

PINAKINI RIVER,WHICH FLOWS DOWN TO TAMIL NADU

KANAKAPURA TOWN

CURRENT LIFELINE OF BENGALURU, BANNERGHATTA NATIONA PARK

CAUVERY IS ALSO

SEVERELY POLLUTED

BENGALURU DRAWS 18.69 TMC FROM CAUVERY TO KEEP

BENGALURU'S ECONOMIC ENGINE RUNNING,100 KMS
AWAY

590 WATER FOR WILDLIFE:

WHERE IS WATER SECURITY FOR WILDLIFE? CAN THEY PUT
ATHI R. (172)

IN WATER TREATMENT UNITS FOR DRINKING PURPOSE?

OR, IS WASTEWATER GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM?

597
CAUVERY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
KAV
AR

618 CAUVERY R
(80
0)
370
INDISCRIMINATELY DISCARDED WASTE FROM BENGALURU JOINS
MEKEDATU , WHICH MAY (OR MAY NOT) BE THE ADDITIONAL
FUTURE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR BENGALURU.

368 IF BUILT, WATER FROM CAUVERY WILL NEED TO BE PUMPED UP

PROPOSED
FROM AN ELEVATION OF 368 METERS AT MEKEDATU TO 825
D
TE

CAUVERY WILDLIFE NORTH SANCTUARY METERS AT TATAGUNI PUMPING STATION.

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LEGEND
RIVER ORIGIN CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD'S DESIGNATED STATUS RIVER & STREAM LINES
CENTRAL POLLUTION
OVEREXPLOITED CONTROL BOARD DESIGNATED
HILLS NEAR THE Withdrawal is faster than recharge POLLUTED RIVER STRETCHES
ORIGIN OF THE RIVERS
RESERVOIRS/LAKES
DRINKING WATER PROJECTS
RIVER LENGTH IN KMS
(800) (172)

597 694 ELEVATION IN METERS NOT USED FOR DRINKING WATER ANYMORE
THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF ORANGE REPRESENTS
THE 5 TALUKS
RIVER/STREAM FLOW DIRECTION
PIPELINE FOR BRINGING CAUVERY
THE DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS IN THE BBMP
WATER TO BANGALORE
FLOW DIRECTION OF PIPED WATER AREA

PIPED WATER PUMPING STATIONS STATE FORESTS AND

LANDMARKS PROTECTED AREAS

REFERENCES
1.European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC). 2018. GHS built-up grid, derived from Landsat, multitemporal (1975-1990-2000-2014), R2018A. Link.
2.Climate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2014. A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 832. Link.
3.The Hindu,02 Nov 2016, Hesarghatta, T.G Halli reservoirs getting ready for Yettinahole water. Link.
ABBREVIATIONS
4.Government of Karnataka, Demographic profile of Bangalore Urban District. Link.
R. – River
5.Bangalore Development Authority, Government of Karnataka. Revised Master Plan for Bengaluru-2031(Draft). Link.
T.- Taluk
6.Government of Karnataka. Mar 2021. Economic Survey of Karnataka 2020-21. Link.
S.- Stream
7.U.S Geological Survey.1998.GroundWater and Surface Water.A Single Resource. Link.
BBMP – Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
8.Central Ground Water Board. Mar 2020. Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Karnataka, March 2020. Link.
PS. – Pumping Station
9.Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. Link.
BWSSB – Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board
10.Indian Institute of Science. Sept 2017. Rejuvenation Blue Print for Lakes in Vrishabhavathi Valley. Link.
TMC – Thousand Million Cublic-feet / year
11.TamilNadu Water Supply And Drainage Board. Link
12.Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department.Ramnagara Division. Ramnagara. 2019. Concept Note. Link

Like all our maps, this is built to scale using QGIS , a Free and Open-Source Geographic Information System. Geo-spatial data on administrative and forest boundaries is
from Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre’s (KSRSAC) Karnataka Geographic Information System (K-GIS). We have also referred to Survey of India Toposheets,
Indiawris.gov.in, bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in along with google earth engine’s JRC Global Surface Water Mapping Layers for validating hydrology. While most datapoints are from
government reports, the rainfall and population are from Google earth engine datasets. Most important is ground truthing, that allowed us to understand the nature and
CITATION:
magnitude of human activities.

PAANI.EARTH. SEP 2022. RIVERS OF BENGALURU