PLOG - The PNLIT Blog: Appeal for donations to maintain lake FY 2016

Dear friends,

In 2009 when we decided to save Puttenahalli Lake, we knew the journey would be long and full of challenges. It indeed has been this and more but we stuck to our agenda to -

get BWSSB to stop sewage from entering the lake. They diverted it into an underground drain
find new sources of water to fill the lake. BBMP diverted surface runoff from Brigade Millennium into the lake in 2012; With KSPCB approval treated water from the STP at South City has been flowing into the lake from May 2015. Thanks to the recent rain, for the first time since our involvement, the lake has filled to its optimum capacity and begun to overflow! This was indeed a very cherished moment not just for us, trustees, but for regular visitors to the lake and even passersby.
rehabilitate the slum residents. Process is on.
get corporate support for major projects in 2016 - 17.

VMWare funded the setting up of an irrigation system to water the plants;
Bosch to clean and cover a section of the drain at South City side which is the largest source of rain water;
Deloitte Shared Services India Private Ltd. funded cleaning the lake.

The highs and lows of our endeavour have been documented here. You only need to go to the lake to see for yourselves how the lake is thriving. Our journey would not have been possible without infrastructural support from BBMP, fund assistance from our donors (corporate and individuals) and physical help from our volunteers.

Thanks to Deloitte Shared Services, we will be able to pay Rs.20,000/month to the lake cleaning team till March 2017. However, Companies do not give fund support for operating expenses. We need to pay salaries to our staff, maintain the gardening equipment, buy plants, soil, etc. As in previous years, we need to raise Rs. 6 lakhs to meet our annual expenditure for 2016 - 17. Please contribute generously to PNLIT.

Donations may be made by cash, cheque, direct remittance or online through donation partners. For details on how to donate, please see here.

If you are making an online payment, please send a screen shot of the transaction and your contact details to enable us to send you the receipt.

Cheque by post may be sent to our registered office:

PNLIT, c/o Usha Rajagopalan,
B3, 502, South City, Arekere Mico Layout,
Off Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 076

Donations are eligible for income tax exemption, u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act (50% deduction from taxable income)

Looking forward to your generous support to Puttenahalli Lake.

Best

PNLIT Team