Children want Modi uncle's' help to clean up Varthur Lake

Bengaluru: Fed up with repeated frothing of Varthur Lake, children from Whitefield have taken it upon themselves to find a solution to end the menace. This time, they have not turned to any expert or a local leader, but ‘Modi uncle’. Over a 1,000 students wrote postcards addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to revamp the lake.

They wrote, “Dear Modi Uncle, clean air, clear water and clean environment is our right. Protect our lakes and rivers from encroachment and pollution. We need our Varthur and Bangalore for our future. We need your intervention in protecting them.” Commenting about the postcards to the PM, Elan, a volunteer, said, “It was IISc Professor T.V Ramachandra’s idea to send post cards to Mr Modi that are handwritten by school students. We thought it was a novel idea of getting his attention to the matter.” Overwhelmed by the response of other schoolchildren to this initiative, members of Whitefield Rising have decided to take up more such initiatives roping in children to save the lakes.