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How to stop cities from drowning? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 23
And all the love and all the love in the world
Won't stop the rain from falling, waste seeping underground
-Break it down again, Tears for fears
Cities are drowning all across the country. S Vishwanath, Popularly known as Zenrainman, tells us why. How do we stop this deluge? He lays bare the gaps in our existing water management and governance strategy. Listen in to find out more.
Welcome to the OoruLabs podcast (https://podcast.oorulabs.com). Ever complained how bad our cities are? How bad your commute is? You’ll get to hear from people who are working to solve these problems. This is your weekly soapbox for Urban Sustainability with Sathya Sankaran and his co-hosts
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2022 Bengaluru floods https://www.bqprime.com/business/the-economic-cost-of-bengaluru-floods-how-much-did-mobility-drop
Dublin principles https://www.rainwaterclub.org/dublin_principles.htm
Iisc Study on paved area https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/190120/1055-increase-in-concrete-cover-in-bengaluru-reports-iisc-study.html)
Kuznets curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve
KSNMDC https://www.ksndmc.org/default.aspx
BWSSB https://bwssb.karnataka.gov.in
Lakes in Bangalore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_in_Bangalore
K100 project https://mod.org.in/2022/05/06/k100-rajakaluve-rejuvenation/
1876 famine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1876%E2%80%931878#:~:text=Two%20years%20before%20the%20famine,comparison%20with%20the%201871%20census)
Hessarghatta reservoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesaraghatta_Lake
Thippgondanahalli reservoir - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thippagondanahalli_Reservoir
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Listen to other video-pods on this topic and subscribe to the channel
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EYcxIPGW0UQvmkk67Ox0x?si=efbf1c2c47d449be
Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oorulabs-podcast/id1682407685
YouTube link: YouTube.com/@oorulabs
Website: https://podcast.oorulabs.com
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Timecodes
00:00 - Intro and context
02:46 - Water management? no surprise
05:33 - Outdated & mismatched infrastructure
10:24 - The Masterplan
17:31 - Where do we start?
24:00 - Outdated institutional structure
30:20 - Remodelling the network
35:41 - The interventions
37:50 - The financial model
42:03 - Stories from the ground
44:29 - Civil society & cost of water
48:04 - Summarising (in)capacity
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By Sathya SankaranAnd all the love and all the love in the world
Won't stop the rain from falling, waste seeping underground
-Break it down again, Tears for fears
Cities are drowning all across the country. S Vishwanath, Popularly known as Zenrainman, tells us why. How do we stop this deluge? He lays bare the gaps in our existing water management and governance strategy. Listen in to find out more.
Welcome to the OoruLabs podcast (https://podcast.oorulabs.com). Ever complained how bad our cities are? How bad your commute is? You’ll get to hear from people who are working to solve these problems. This is your weekly soapbox for Urban Sustainability with Sathya Sankaran and his co-hosts
———
2022 Bengaluru floods https://www.bqprime.com/business/the-economic-cost-of-bengaluru-floods-how-much-did-mobility-drop
Dublin principles https://www.rainwaterclub.org/dublin_principles.htm
Iisc Study on paved area https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/190120/1055-increase-in-concrete-cover-in-bengaluru-reports-iisc-study.html)
Kuznets curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve
KSNMDC https://www.ksndmc.org/default.aspx
BWSSB https://bwssb.karnataka.gov.in
Lakes in Bangalore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_in_Bangalore
K100 project https://mod.org.in/2022/05/06/k100-rajakaluve-rejuvenation/
1876 famine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1876%E2%80%931878#:~:text=Two%20years%20before%20the%20famine,comparison%20with%20the%201871%20census)
Hessarghatta reservoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesaraghatta_Lake
Thippgondanahalli reservoir - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thippagondanahalli_Reservoir
———
Listen to other video-pods on this topic and subscribe to the channel
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EYcxIPGW0UQvmkk67Ox0x?si=efbf1c2c47d449be
Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oorulabs-podcast/id1682407685
YouTube link: YouTube.com/@oorulabs
Website: https://podcast.oorulabs.com
———
Timecodes
00:00 - Intro and context
02:46 - Water management? no surprise
05:33 - Outdated & mismatched infrastructure
10:24 - The Masterplan
17:31 - Where do we start?
24:00 - Outdated institutional structure
30:20 - Remodelling the network
35:41 - The interventions
37:50 - The financial model
42:03 - Stories from the ground
44:29 - Civil society & cost of water
48:04 - Summarising (in)capacity