An exhibition to showcase the water our bodies of Bengaluru titled ‘Waterscapes of Bengaluru’ opened on the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological (VIT) Museum within the metropolis on Tuesday.
The exhibition, which intends to create consciousness on the deterioration of Bengaluru’s quite a few lakes and tanks, other than the surviving rivers, takes a take a look at the way forward for town’s water our bodies.
It brings collectively the work of scientists, environmentalists and artists to inform tales concerning the air pollution of water our bodies in Bengaluru and their wrestle to remain alive.
On the opening day on Could 6, Subodh Sharma, a visiting professor on the Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Analysis (ICWAR) on the Indian Institute of Science supplied an outline of the exhibition and mentioned his personal analysis on monitoring the water high quality of the Cauvery River, the supply of ingesting water provide to Bengaluru.
He spoke about aquatic macroinvertebrates, like molluscs and annelids, that are organisms that inhabit deep waters and may consider water high quality. He stated these organisms are important organic indicators of the sustainability of rivers and lakes amid air pollution.
“These indicators react to numerous kinds of air pollution within the Indravati River. In 5 years, I purpose to supply a complete evaluation of the Cauvery River’s water high quality utilizing aquatic macroinvertebrates,” Prof Sharma stated.
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One of many spotlight is that members can have interaction in sandbox contour terrain exercise the place they will form actual sand with their fingers and create hills or mountains, represented by brown or purple colors, and when the hill was excavated, the color modified to blue, indicating the presence of water. There may be additionally a rainwater harvesting system that explains the method of water assortment.
The exhibition showcases varied discoveries made by people concerned within the venture. It begins with an outline of the sources of the photographs displayed. One can get a glimpse of the intriguing readings concerning the Vrishabhavathi river
from a e book on show titled ‘Whose River is it Anyway’.
The contributors to this venture embody Kadambari Komandur, an info designer targeted on landscapes and ecology; Namrata Narendra, an city researcher; Megha Kashyap, a designer from Bengaluru; and Nirmala Gowda, co-founder and curator of Paani Earth Basis; Madhuri Mandava, who can be a co-founder of Paani Earth Basis, and Arathy Aluckal, a mixed-media artist and common designer.
The exhibition has been developed by the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum and the Paani Earth Basis and will likely be on until July.
(Brinda Srinivasa is an intern with The Indian Categorical)