Shashank Palur

How do we solve #BengaluruWaterCrisis? Our report attempts to clarify how water flows through the city - where water comes from, how it's supplied, how much is wasted, what happened to the city's lakes. We distilled a few data points for @the_hindu: bit.ly/3Tu995X 🧵

@KiranKS This is an AI generated garbage with everything about it off. Please verify before you post things

In any city, there are cooler areas, hotter areas and hottest areas. The older parts or more tree covered parts of Bengaluru, are not screaming that much about heat, as the newer and highly concrete areas of the IT corridor in the east.

Up to 95% of the water in some of Bengaluru’s lakes is sewage, not rain. Lakes that once followed the monsoon cycle now remain full year-round, sustained by wastewater.

@nihilismpro I enjoy that when I am driving around, I don't get attacked by stray water balloons or over enthusiastic "coloured" people in the streets. Happy to be called the grumpy old man for this.

Been silent on the whole Holi in Blr thing because if people from blr only don't understand that it's not our festival (in the way it's celebrated in the north) + why there's no holiday, what will I tell the migrants lol

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Event Alert! | We are organising a workshop, ‘Closing the Loop: Strategies for Decentralised Water Reuse in India’, with @EawagResearch, and @BAFBLR, On January 9 at @bicblr. We invite you to join us at this free and open event. Register here: forms.gle/526gWHP2xiTRkV…

Out now! We are delighted to share the first episode of The WELL Labs Show. Watch @veenas_water, socio-hydrologist and Executive Director at WELL Labs, unpack the science of Bengaluru’s lakes with host @zeusisdead on the WELL Labs YouTube channel: youtu.be/-8dkpkgln7s

Featured | @ShashankPalur was quoted in an @AP article by @aijazr and @sibi123 about Bengaluru’s effort to save its lakes.  Read the article here: apnews.com/article/climat…

Our colleagues Hari Prasad HK and @ShashankPalur share insights on RO water purifiers in a @citizenmatters article. From TDS levels to sustainability, they unpack what really matters when choosing home water solutions. Read the full article here: citizenmatters.in/do-you-really-…

@nihilismpro P.S I agree with you, techbros coming in with near zero knowledge of city planning and spending most of their bangalore life within the walled gardens of indiranagar, Koramangala and HSR would hardly care to learn about the evolution of the city.

@nihilismpro The stark difference between planning the outskirts is visible when you look at the difference between two satellite areas, Yelahanka (pic 1) and Hoskote-Whitefield(pic 2)

Seeing this ruined my day. The confidence with which new migrant techbros just say the most absurd things.. i was going to do one whole explainer trying to educate people like before But what is the point.. no effort is put in to understand what's happening in the city

We are delighted to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding between WELL Labs and @NIUA_India! This partnership marks the beginning of a strategic collaboration to advance evidence-based research, advocacy & innovation in water resilience & nature-based solutions.

@kripalamanna Churn, near new bel road. Belgian ruby chocolate especially.

Ok folks, here’s one for the ice cream aficionado. What ice cream place/s would absolutely recommend in Namma Bengaluru? And what should one try when there? Thank you.

Rapid urbanisation, encroachment, and poor governance have led to the degradation of Bengaluru’s lakes, once important for water storage and flood control. @ShashankPalur @WELLLabs_org india.mongabay.com/2025/04/the-ci…

Featured | @ShashankPalur was quoted in a @citizenmatters article about Bengaluru's looming water crisis and the infrastructure gaps in using treated wastewater. Read the article here: bit.ly/4c47iwk

Featured | @RKulranjan and @ShashankPalur were quoted in a @citizenmatters article on whether compulsory Cauvery connections will solve Bengaluru's water crisis. Read the article here: bit.ly/4hbywSt

Featured | @ShashankPalur was quoted in a @DeccanHerald article on why experts think that the nearly 1,000 recharge wells that the BWSSB dug last summer may not be enough to see an improvement in the city's groundwater levels. Read the article here: bit.ly/41sKAKG