People staying near Vrishabahavati face lot of health problems as the water is contaminated and of no use. People can't use the water for drinking and have to depend on expensive water from Cauvery or have no water to drink.
With the lakes in Bangalore being fenced as a part of the Bangalore Development Authority's new plan, many people have lost their source of livelihood.
Shyampati, a wrinkled old lady, has been living in a little tent opposite the Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysore Road for the past four years along with the others of her clan, who came here from Lucknow.
Gagan pedaled past school and his playful smile disappeared. The 13-year-old waved at his classmate and said he had to skip school to fetch water, using the two plastic pots tied to his bicycle.
A very typical sight in any slum is people lining up in front of the public tap to collect water. This is still the case with many Bangalore slums. But many are now connected to the water supply system after the Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) decided to subsidize the rates at which the slums could connect to the system and allowed the slum dwellers to pay the connection fee in installments.
