Vishwanath: Lakes must be taxpayer-funded commons, not commercialized PPP assets
Vishwanath Srikantaiah · Bangalore Water Crisis Explained I Karnataka Govt Failure? | Vishwanath S on The Neon Show · Feb 23, 2024 · at 22:19
Water conservation expert Vishwanath Srikantaiah argues against the commercialized public-private partnership model historically used for lake maintenance in Bangalore.
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“Now we realize that it's a government asset and taxpayer money has to go in to protect the lakes. It should not be private money and that lakes are common pool resources where everybody should have access without having to pay a fee that people should be able to go there like We go to parks or forests and be able to enjoy the lakes.”
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