'People should get involved in fixing problems in their local environment'

Priya Ramasubban says city's environmental issues will benefit from active citizen participation

The froth-covered Bellandur lake in Bengaluru recently went up in flames again. Research suggests that the city may become unliveable by 2040. In an email interview, Priya Ramasubban, a film maker and founding trustee of Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti, a trust that works on lakes, including one that has been chosen by Niti Aayog as a model site for eco restoration of lakes in India, tells Manavi Kapur how the city’s environmental issues will benefit from active citizen participation.
 
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The Kaikondrahalli lake has seen a remarkable revival. What can be done to replicate this