This development of the road and footpath leading to Krishnappa Garden and Bagmane Tech Park is important for many reasons.

 

First, this is the only entry and exit point for more than two hundred families that reside in Krishnappa Garden, and this road is the front entrance of Bagmane Tech Park. With a few interventions the use of this space can be made safe and pleasant for motorists and pedestrians (at the moment, the footpaths are unusable due to excessive overgrowth, insufficient width and broken surfaces, which results in pedestrians walking on the road at all times).

 

Second, the road and western footpath touch a lake edge. In spite of trash dumping at various points, the lake is by and large a beautiful natural asset, and a unique opportunity for local residents and corporate professionals to engage with the wonders of nature in the course of their day-to-day lives. By increasing the footpath widths and removing overgrowth, a pleasant Lake-View Walkway can be created, reconnecting everyone with Bangalore’s superpower, her waterbodies.

 

Third, various points of the lake have become dumping grounds for trash. Part of the reason dumping is happening is because there is no sustained pedestrian activity around the lake edge. By improving the walkways, creating seating, and making the Lake-View Walkway a pleasant space for all, community-use of the space will increase, keeping "eyes on the space" and making it less likely for dumping to take place.

 

Lastly, reconnecting citizens with Bangalore’s ecological present is a means of safeguarding her climatic future. It is well known that lakes play a vital role in mitigating the effects of climate change: creating cooler microclimates amidst heatwaves, supporting the groundwater levels in droughts, absorbing excessive rainfall during cloud bursts, etc. By creating a usable Lake-View Walkway, the biodiverse waterbody becomes an integral part of people’s lives, a unique ecology that they care for and protect, both now and in the future.