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Wednesday 6 November 2013

Bangalore Lakefront lack of Perfection

No Lakes!   No Views!  As I heard about  my Apartment in Bangalore



People who have booked large apartments in and around Bangalore,  trusting  the  Photos in the Brochure, are  viewing  something different than what they were dreaming all this days. I'm Sure by this time they might have paid complete price of their  property. 




Though my trips to Bangalore for meeting many Prominent Builders and few attendance in Property Exhibitions, it never struck my mind the way I heard on Diwali Day Morning.  
Started with  Summit Sharma’s Diwali  Wishes Call and later about the property he had purchased from a top most Builder, Which is due for possession.
Summit now says “ I ‘am no more interested  with this  Apartment  for the reason  my agent and the Promoter Cheated me, I have been cheated by the Pictures printed on the Boucher”. I told him - come on man, You had been to US & Europe only  for 13 years , between you made few trips to Bangalore. You are a senior person handling global Business transactions could have visualized the way Bangalore development's, instead of listening the entire Music the Indian Agent sung for you in US two years ago.
Give me some way out now, he asked me. My Simple question was, are you ready to lose 40% of the 2.2 Crore you have paid so far as the price to the Builder? Oh ! no, not to that extent of loss, it is very hard to earn that whether I’ am in US , UK  or anywhere in world, he replied.
Later on  the entire day I tried to learn more about lakes in and around Bangalore and the lake Views, what the builders explain during promotions and meetings.

Exceptional Builders having this wetland , mini-pond call it, Lakes are integral part of their property holdings, rest all claim about the sceneries around the localities.

Mass developments happening around the areas either lakes lost its water streams, debris dumped around,  filth getting  filled no one knows what is happening and whom to approach for such bad scenes around.

One thing is sure, I can’t blame the Agent for cheating or misguidance, he purely gone with what he was informed  by the counterpart in  US ,  approached   with  of the water body  story watching the picture with lots of highlights. It may work in Countries  who cares nature and environment  but that outlook  doesn't  work here anymore especially  with all promoters  around  India.  Our  visions and  approaches are different anyway, absolutely late for  Sharmaji, along with many nature lovers to understand with huge lose of money.
My  effort  to  pacify him worked  well  saying , you will earn good return after 3 years also and it is true in term of money, three years  or more can fetch good money compare to his US returns  views. Forget the love and  passion  for nature at least for some time and cling to your property and money.



IT corridor’s with SEZ and others damaged Nature view lovers who purchased in the vicinity of 200 lakes have the same concern of nature and the pitiable condition of this lakes, on their face and in their words. I ‘m sure that our Governing system will rise to save lakes once its ultimate devastation take place. Yes, we do it little  different than other countries, we bring back matters to normal only after the damages done and study later for decades.
Certain visionaries like Arbind Kumar Gupta, a citizen activist working for the rejuvenation of this cities lake’s by bring other to “Save Bangalore Lake Trust ”.
It seems the  max damages are over by now and many with Loud and clear eye opening will bring back the “View Water Front & Greens” back to part of Bangalore’s life.



What I could hear about is, more changes are on its way to happen within a short span of time, many passionate people like Priya Ramasubban a documentary film maker and many more are seriously taking  active part to put an end to this devastation. Environmentalist and Ecologist Dr.Harini Nagendra participating through their Research Trust.Many more NGO’s and other association Bodies have come forward to save............... Views as it is.

Once the Damages are over, We get to see a better LAKEVIEW Bangalore all over again 

 My touch  on  Environmental-Infra. 





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