HSR Layout is a beautiful city within a city. It’s self sustaining and has just about everything needed for peaceful existence: long roads, less of pollution, innumerable department stores, hospitals, clinics, gyms, beauty parlours for men and women, spas, creches, schools, and also a beautiful lake gone to seed. Just when things were looking up – the lake development authority had decided to hand over the lake’s upkeep and beautification to Christ College – the Bangalore Development Authority handed over the layout to the Bangalore City Corporation, and things went back to square one. The cleaning of storm water drains leading into the lake has stopped, resulting in a stench that can be felt miles away. The lake is gathering weeds, and there is no one to clear the manicured lawns of litter that is strewn all around. What’s more, even the security guards arn’t doing their job. Only the other day, the daughter of a high ranking government official was robbed and molested at knife point by a gang of hoodlums. Will someone wake up and do something before it’s too late?
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