Articles by Mandanna Kushalappa

Mandanna is a researcher at Oorvani Foundation. He holds an undergraduate degree in Urban Planning and is deeply interested in civic infrastructure, public and active transportation, and urban governance. He hopes to help transform cities into better places to live.

Stormwater, floods and the city: Inside a citizen audit of Bengaluru’s K200 drain

by February 19, 2026

I have been following the K100 stormwater drain (SWD) project for some time and had loosely worked on it in the past. Once neglected, this stretch from Majestic to Bellandur Lake has gradually been transformed into a critical part of the neighbourhood’s civic infrastructure. As I have a theoretical understanding of what Bengaluru’s stormwater drains are intended to do and why they matter, a citizen audit of the K200 SWD held on January 31st felt like a chance to move beyond theory and see things up close. The proposed audit focused on a stretch of the K200 running from HSR…

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