serine beauty of bangalore bio-park acting as carbon sink

Serine Beauty of Bangalore Bio-park

Acting as Carbon Sink

Path ways are named in the honour of contributors

Water Bodies: SCHEME OBJECTIVES

• Surface run-off available in J.B.Campus goes as waste in the absence of surface/subsurface water impounding structure

• Decline in ground water levels in the range of 4-6 m during the last decade

• Further continued decline of GW levels will result in reversal of ground water gradient adjacent to Vrishbhavathi river

• To avert the crisis- RWH and ARS

PHASE I• Catchment area- about one sq.km• Structures – 3 check dams• Run-off harvested – 43,290 cu.m /anum• Unit cost 20 paise per 100 litres of water• Capacity of CD’s 1200 to 3000 cu.m per

filling

PHASE II• Catchment area- 0.6 sq.km• Structures – 2 check dams & one vertical shaft• Run-off harvested – 24,000 cu.m

/annum• Unit cost Paise 30 per 100 litres of water• Monitoring under progress

Existing Check Dams

Additional Water Bodies

Check dam, Phase II, Sector I

Vertical shaft, Phase II, Sector III

Check dam, Phase II, Sector III

ROOF TOP RAINWATER HARVESTING

• Faculty of Civil Engineering building• Roof top area; 8000 sq.m• Annual roof top rainwater harvesting

envisaged: 6480 cu.m or 64,80,000 litres

Winning Aspiration team in Bio-Park

Millions of Rupees worth WATER…….

Involment of NGOs like Sapthami Trust for the Development of Bio-

Park

Watering to Saplings………….