Bengaluru volunteers hold lake and park-care drives across six areas

Jalaposhan volunteers de-weeded Jakkur Lake Park on Saturday, while Sunday’s activities ranged from a waste-segregation drive at BDA Doddakallasandra Park-2 to a biodiversity survey at Rachenahalli Lake Park.

The Naturalist School led the Rachenahalli walk, where participants documented species including spot-billed pelicans, butterflies, ants, geckos and trees. Founder-director Priya Venkatesh said the aim was to help residents understand and care for Bengaluru’s lakes as living ecosystems.

Youth for Seva also held a clean-up and waste-management session at Netaji Park in Rajajinagar. At Pushpanjali Park in Banashankari, Adamya Chetana conducted plantation and sapling-maintenance work, while Women of Wisdom organised a collection drive at Senior Citizens Park in JP Nagar 7th Phase.

More than 150 volunteers took part in a Jakkur Lake clean-up in September. Residents can register for future park-volunteering activities through the initiative’s registration platform.