Islands of ‘hope’ at Madiwala Lake

Bengaluru | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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Puttenahalli lake and Hebbagodi lake are doing great with the floating islands. Adding these to Madiwala lake will help clean up the lake, ” said Assistant Conservator of Forest, Harshavardhan,Urban Division.The World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature was also a part of this initiative. They have even recorded the species of the birds that visit the Madiwala lake. These plants absorb chemicals like excess nitrates, thereby reducing the concentration of these chemicals in the lake.Looking at the many successful experiments of cleaning lakes through floating islands, the KFD decided to try the floating islands in Madiwala Lake. They had been closely studying the Madiwala lake..