How one man is trying to prevent India's taps from running dry | Witness Documentary

'Dead Lakes Alive' looks at "India’s Silicon Valley", where the taps are running dry. Bangalore's once-famous city lakes have become a dumping ground for toxic waste and clean drinking water is growing scarce for many of the city’s 12 million residents.
Anand Malligavad is an engineer-turned-water conservationist. He is on a herculean mission to clean up his city's lakes. But demanding supporters, angry locals and a derelict temple stand in his way.
Anand must convince everyone that he can transform the lakes for a future with clean drinking water.
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[@naveen1752]

He rejuvenated my village lake too. He is doing a great work👏👏

[@Xavierlate]

real hero but our India media will never show such kind work.

[@aarohi.5272]

First five minutes gave me goosebumps, But this man is real hero ❤️

[@chandanyadav-hd3dv]

You are the real heroes of india.

[@riseup2227]

I like his anger for all the mismanagement and disgraceful sight of filth. We need more angry people like him.

[@libertytreebud5406]

this man is really helping his country. I wish him every success. what he has accomplished is truly remarkable 💪💪🙏

[@justdogood7413]

Going green is the only way to make Earth great again. MEGA!

[@Crashed131963]

The earth had 4.3 billion people in 1980 today it has 7.8 billion and ALWAYS GROWING . We have seen nothing yet.

[@reginageorgetownuni]

Can't believe Jalzeera covered something nice from India. Bravo.

[@Vivek.101]

We need more people like Anand in this country to encourage people of India to preserve the mother nature 🌷🌳🇮🇳🙏

[@lathas3454]

If more people like this should be emerged then awareness should be emerged for this we need a competent media which we doesn't possess

[@pravachan4355]

You have 1B population, I'm sure you could have an army of Anands, but people are always passing the buck. Let someone else do it not me!

[@magdaos1146]

We need to restore the Mother Nature, we need to help her blossom so She can take care of ppl...

[@peterfrankiewicz9379]

"when there is no life, there is no economy.." thanks al jazeera for the smart documentaries.

[@jayantsingh9937]

And, many are from Vikram Singh

[@sidali2590]

Kudos to this guy he deserves recognition. When the government fails to act the citizens take action

[@computerscience2589]

Salute to this guy. India needs more ppl like them

[@Indian-Hindu9]

Need like him ❌ Be like him ✅

[@abubakarbakar5521]

World need these type of people, to conservre nature ... Good keep it up Greating from Pakistan

[@porkistan93ksurrenderedarm57]

Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳✌️✌️.

[@Indian-Hindu9]

Need like him ❌ Be like him ✅

[@yushikadebroy9810]

Thats called a real activist...hope the fake activist learn something from him...g-r-e-t-a rip..

[@CrakenFlux]

The people must MUST be stopped from throwing trash in the waterways. they must be taught the sacredness of the water and the environment. I feel there is a profound lack of education for the average indian. I wish they were all like this fantastic man. God bless him and may his work be repeated all throughout India.

[@noelcarvalho559]

Anand is Building the Lake it Build the Area and Society we Live. ❤

[@desituber5814]

India salutes you Anand bhai

[@saleemgarhawala6082]

My urge to all citizens of India, this is our responsibility towards our environment which we have to protect and save at any cost for our next generation. Otherwise, this poison will spread everywhere.

[@ryannoy9501]

We need people like you sir The world needs you

[@willm5814]

I love this guy!! 💕❤️💕🇨🇦🇨🇦 - I used to run fortune 500 manufacturing- we would do anything to get a guy like this into our organization- he is on a mission, and what a great mission it is!!!!!

[@francisbantigue8303]

Hats off ... Your one of my idol, im a pilipino.. God bless you , may you continue to protect mother nature..

[@nishanthsubramanya1931]

Look at the happiness in his face …. 6 feet water…whaaat can I tellu!!!! Namaskara Kananna🙏🙏

[@debashistalukdar5523]

You're a fighter, a brave man. Respect for you.

[@ganeshchandrasekaran7703]

What an inspiration! The effort that goes in this is just unbelievable and I can clearly understand the enthusiasm and motivation that keeps fueling him to continue this. Just look at the result of each project! Just WOW!

[@Suvo719]

I wonder what If their was a mosque in illigal property !!!

[@yushikadebroy9810]

Govt need to bring a policy for industries to set up sewage treatment plant...also need to invest heavily to revival all polluted rivers....nature doesnt need us....we need nature...already many states are running out of groundwater .its a serious issue..

[@beverleylumb8048]

Human waste needs to be sorted out too. It doesn't need new laws bathrooms have to be provided for poor people it's no good having laws if they have no other place to go or throw it. Factory waste Human waste and dead bodies waste after a pyre they are tipped into the river to deal with I don't know if its some religious thing but it has to be made illegal with very strong punishment those 3 sorted and the river could stand a good chance eventually fish will return. Can you imagine the feeling when the first thing alive is once again in a very dead river

[@midraju3771]

Hearty congratulations.Mr.Anand.Proud of you. you should go a long way in your passion.

[@nastaran8418]

I don't know if this is only in India, here in my country too people throw everything in the water, rivers are drying and dirty

[@CrakenFlux]

Are you expecting the government to clean it up? Who is responsible for killing the rivers? Form an organization of like-minded people and march in the streets, have meetings to clean it up, DO SOMETHING.

[@nastaran8418]

@@CrakenFlux no I expect people don't throw their garbage in the water .especially plastic

[@shamikbera9617]

What country do you live in?

[@jayantsingh9937]

Which country?

[@sanjsharma8878]

Good job my brother god bless you 🙏

[@basildsouza7913]

My huge respect to this Samaritan Anand I hope to meet him soon in Bangalore and work alongside with him for the betterment of the people and our planet !

[@RahulKumar-py1fm]

YOU SHOULD BE HRD MINISTER OF INDIA 😭💞

[@modified9173]

Lol we BJP will get rid of him

[@ArjunVB666]

@@modified9173more like that the congresses job😂

[@prashanta3733]

Man you deserve all the respect.. appreate you

[@barendrabhaumik9240]

Thank you from a grateful nation. It is men like you that make this country great. We salute you and the dedicated hard work that you and your team have put in.

[@gardencity3558]

This is real environmentalism, not the type promoted in the West all taxes and big govenrment agencies and BS groups sponsered by corporatations. This guy is a true patriot for India.

[@ramanathanviswanathan5640]

We need people like you in india. you will save it

[@wmo1234]

Why this man hasn't won his Nobel Prize - is beyond me! Thank you!

[@pratimakamathmenon2386]

I salute you Mr. Anand for your enthusiasm, hardwork, patience and positivity. God bless you

[@Naveenkumar-gr1qe]

Awesome sir, I really wanted to salute you.. pakka local Bashe Nam thara😁❤️👍🙏

[@syeedaqureshi9837]

Amazing work you have done sir God bless you

[@aashamapatel2168]

this vedio caught my attention ......and here i am after going through the whole documentary ...astounded by the determination of a man to bring back life to polluted lakes

[@NiharPradhan]

Being a citizen of Bangalore want to contribute towards your cause. Please let us know how we can contribute.

[@RahulKumar-py1fm]

MAN WITH A GREAT VISION 💞💞

[@neeleshpratap6771]

In india...our mainstream media have no time for this gem 💎...they are busy in political gossips......thanks buddy for recognize this great guy😊

[@ato7984]

A salute to you sir Anand for good Nature's work👍👍👍💪💪💪📡📡📡

[@aluexpress987]

Problem is that indian school system is wrong . They never teach students such sensitive matters.

[@computerscience2589]

This is the dilemma which we are facing. On one side we want heavy industrialization so that we get jobs and our economy booms. And on the other side we don't want to pollute our natural resources. We should find a solution between them.

[@Crashed131963]

Even without industrialization , just having 1.4 billion is going to wreck a environment no matter what. Since only 2000 India population grew by 330 million , that's the entire population of 2021 America. The US would be a polluted mess also with 1.4 billion people.

[@computerscience2589]

@@Crashed131963 true but USA and Europe are also densely populated and they are much cleaner.

[@Crashed131963]

@@computerscience2589 The also have a garbage collection system that ends up in a buried landfill. Nobody in plain view would throw garbage on a street or in a river or lake.

[@CrakenFlux]

have less children, reduce the numbers of people, the carrying power of the earth is finite, and the population keeps on increasing and consuming more goods, the population must be reduced and the factories must be monitored for adequate disposal of their waste, with LARGE FINES for non-compliance, .... the civil servants involved in monitoring this must themselves be monitored so there are no bribes or "arrangements", with jail punishment for those who would sell the health of mother earth to enrich themselves.

[@saikiran007]

Just Amazing, much needed work..👏

[@user-ex9yu2mv5r]

One should stand for this change. Anand anna is an aspiration for many to take these initiatives. Great work anna👏🫡

[@briia1882]

God bless this man! I wish him nothing but the best on his endeavors

[@vg7387]

Every Indian should follow you .thanks

[@itsmeshivasowmya]

The way Nature Reacted To Their Honest Efforts by giving rain is just Astonishing 👍

[@viswa5409]

I salute you for all your hard work and determination for a noble cause!

[@havyagadepalli1]

Planet needs more people like you who can dedicate time n effort for the environment

[@shubhmishra6977]

Even if the temple or any religious structure needs to be removed it can be shifted to another place nearby. It can save 1000s of litres of water

[@beverleylumb8048]

I like that you say you are not doing anything wrong by demolishing the temple but you prayed to God anyway just to make sure

[@jamesselvakumar7402]

The govt officials should assist him.

[@venkatadrimannam4889]

Govt should support him. Give 1 billion to him.

[@mohamadazam9625]

Lack of empathy on environment. Population and pollution are beyond the pale.

[@codewalters]

Sad. Ray of hope in dark hours. India was such an amazing place. Its jungles were famous worldwide. Now nothing remains.

[@Crashed131963]

1.4 billion people tends to be hard on the environment. If India lost 1 billion people it would still have a larger population than the US and it's a larger land mass.

[@fffff8930]

@@Crashed131963 India have population density same as Japan . It's actually miss management and chaotic attitude of people which has lead to this situation.

[@badkarma1425]

@@fffff8930 Japan is not and never will be water scarce country.. our geography is messed up

[@fffff8930]

@@badkarma1425 Japanese are disciplined and love their culture and land. We Indians should learn from them and try to become better each day.

[@badkarma1425]

@@fffff8930 there is difference in India and Japan, we will take at least 2 more decades to reach their consciousness level as society. They love their culture but they have stopped medieval practices unlike us, have adopted modernity as new reality and industrialised. Indians r yet to reach uniform high level of education.

[@adityasapkale1428]

Very inspiring and sustainable intiative to cater the present and future challenges regarding water❤

[@bprmel]

Can one man change the world 🤗🤗🌿🌿🌾🌾🌴🌴🌳🌳🌼🌼🌷🌷🥀🥀☘☘

[@TheRohanNZ]

Wow speechless

[@almeidacheang7853]

bom trabalho amigos parabens

[@arifhussain8046]

Now this is still relevant

[@ittakes2-2tango]

Is the Indian government involved in these projects? They should be.

[@cshekhar1221]

Brilliant job...... Lakes have to be conserved to keep any place alive. Bangalore or any city will not survive without lakes.

[@sushantnaik8189]

You are doing great job anand Sir.

[@rajendrakumar8419]

Beautiful work

[@Mamta-ft9gg]

One day would like to meet him and work with him in rejuvenating atleast one lake.keep doing the good work.

[@tasneemshaikh4992]

Kudos to his efforts

[@manjupradhan7159]

Great work. God bless you.🙏🙏

[@thedoctor649]

A greater revolutionists he is❤❤❤❤❤

[@natarajan650]

Huge migration makes most beautiful city of India like this..before 10 years bangalore was full of green,lakes,garden city of India..

[@Crashed131963]

Migration ? It's population growth. Since 2000 India population grew by 330 million , that's the entire population of 2021 America. The US would be a polluted mess also with 1.4 billion people.

[@shamikbera9617]

@@Crashed131963so your telling me that China is also a polluted mess?

[@RaviShankar-pd3gy]

Lovely rowdy Lake man!! Don't mess and get in line for betterment of Society and Environment. 😮👍👏✊️🙏💪

[@ManaSahaya]

thank you for saving us in Bengaluru, we all Bangaloreans should join you

[@vigneshaithal]

Great work sir 🙏

[@shivaprakash9476]

Local leaders can use this opportunity to gain confidence from people

[@pravachan4355]

Anand deserves a Nobel price for his work.

[@cha_mp]

He is having big patience for the result to come....lake Man

[@tkdenthusiast682]

Amazing

[@jakechandy]

You are a great man, Sir. God bless you!

[@shashitanwar134]

Huge huge huge respect for you sir ❤❤❤

[@bansimistry6254]

Really BharatPutra ,,Kudos to hero...

[@RX-wo3tz]

Hats off ❤

[@sunilkumarprakash5077]

First time I am seeing positive news from Al Jazeera 😅

[@skratta]

This guy deserve's Padma Bhushan!

[@j_Uy_8qwi8HbC9XLt4kpvQ]

In these selfish times, such selfless men exist

[@allinoneclasses7059]

I really admire your work , you are really doing a great job for increase water table of our great nation through catch the rain , but when u ordered the people to demolish the temple , i felt hurt . but i also know that your intention was not bad so its ok , congratulations and best wishes for your job and your health also .

[@CrakenFlux]

A temple is a man made construction... water is a most improbable substance without which were the planet covered with temples, all life would cease. Water is a temple, trees and soil and animals are the real temples. Praise God thru respect and admiration and love for His creation.

[@pranavacharya3263]

Doing great work. ALl the best to him

[@padmaupadhye6292]

Great work.

[@Navroze]

This whole Silicon Valley title to Bangalore should taken away as the companies which make up this title do not do anything for the city. Never do we see any company or employee in any prtoest or any development of the city except silly things like 'beautyfying' places !!!

[@jottijyo1136]

I 🫡 salute you, sir What a Devine work 👏

[@dannyproducts1817]

Reminds me of the survival builders, but on steroids, great stuff!

[@nikaemami627]

Wonderfull mission

[@BechnerajbharRrajbhar]

Great Sir❤

[@lalithar]

Awesome 👌,

[@ShivamKumar-uo3cm]

Great human ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@siddheshkinhekar4290]

Great ❤❤❤👏👏

[@PrakashBabu_Sankuri]

We need this kind of people to be in assembly or parliament to serve people not people who speak communal language to get votes.

[@pratapnarayansingh9630]

Please come to Bengaluru 😊