Is it snowing in India’s tropical southern city of Bangalore?
The picture above would certainly make you think so.
Unfortunately, the reality is quite different: what looks like snow is actually harmful snow-white froth that floats up from the city’s largest lake and spills over into neighbouring areas.
Over the years, the 9,000-acre Bellandur lake in India’s technology capital has been polluted by chemicals and sewage.
IT professional Debasish Ghosh has been taking pictures of the lake of “harmful snowy froth” for months now. Here is a selection of his pictures.
Mixing with storm water coming out of two outlets into the lake, pollutants form a toxic snowy foam that covers the water and rises so high it flows into the surrounding areas.
The situation gets worse during the rains. When the wind blows, it carries the foam in the air
The foam usually covers a key road connecting the airport to the border town of Hosur
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