PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF RAJAKALUVES & LAKES IN BENGALURU

Friends, today is the LAST DAY to submit objections to a deeply harmful notification by the Urban Development Department (UDD) - Ref: 468 MNJ 2025(E)

👉 The Government has issued an ill-advised notification to reduce Rajakaluve Buffer Zones. This is nothing but an attempt at land grab and concretisation.  This will not just kill rajakaluves, but it will also kill our lakes, as they are interconnected ecosystems.

If allowed, this move will:

• Destroy the last remaining 2% of green-blue resources in Bengaluru
• Destroy lakhs of trees
• Pollute storm water drains and lake waters
• Erase biodiversity
• Deepen climate change impacts
• Increase flooding risks
• Worsen our groundwater crisis
• This is unscientific, unsustainable, and unacceptable. Bengaluru will be left a concrete desert, unlivable for all of us.

✊ WHAT CAN YOU DO? SUBMIT AN OBJECTION LETTER TODAY
📍 In Person Submission (strongly recommended)

When: 2 PM – 5 PM today
Where: Room 423, R&I Section, Vikasa Soudha, Urban Development Department,  (in the Vidhana Soudha complex).
Entry: Use Gate No. 3, Vidhana Soudha.

 
📄 PRINT OUT Objection Letter Drafts (ready to use):

Draft 1: Click here
Draft 2: Click here

👉 Just add your Name / Organisation name / Address, print it out, and submit it at Room 423, Vikasa Soudha.

✅ Steps to enter Vikasa Soudha - Obtain Pass:

Download & install the Karnataka One app.
Under “Services”, select 'Vidhana Soudha Pass'.
Choose your language.
Tap 'Request for Pass', fill details.
Under “Type of Pass”, select 'Vikasa Soudha'.
Purpose: “Application submission”.
Choose timing (2:45 PM – 5:15 PM).

 
📧 Can’t come in person?
Email your objection letter to: acsuddoffice@gmail.com

 
💚 This is the moment for us to stand up as citizens. Don’t let Bengaluru lose its lakes and storm water drains to destructive policies. Every objection counts.

PLEASE ACT TODAY – OUR CITY NEEDS YOU!

 
📑 The UDD Notification text (for reference):
Read here