Ashwathy Anand is a project associate with the Urban Water team at WRI India. She works at the intersection of water, people and development in cities using her interdisciplinary background as architect, planner and development practitioner. She has also been involved with research on blue-green infrastructure, restoration of waterbodies, waterfront regeneration and innovation in water-waste nexus.
An automated clean-up system for intercepting and removing floating solid waste from the Picket drain inlet has helped to clean up the lake noticeably.