"The Lake Development Authority is the watchdog with a staff of about eight personnel. This is the best way out," Singh said.
According to global property consultants Cushman and Wakefield, about 27,900m2 of commercial office space was rented in the first quarter of this year in Bangalore with the technology and outsourcing sector accounting for 60 percent of the demand.
T.V. Ramachandra, a professor at the independent Centre for Ecological Studies, has studied the lakes for the past decade and said a lack of strict pollution laws aided rampant construction activity.
"The land mafia [private builders and developers] did two things. They altered the quality and quantity of water," Ramachandra said.
"When water shrinks the land sharks move in. There are lot of loopholes in the system," he said.
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