{"id":14349,"date":"2022-09-26T06:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=14349"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:36:04","slug":"an-open-letter-on-bangalore-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/publication\/14349\/an-open-letter-on-bangalore-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter On Bangalore Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/1761f54d-jit_5980-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Jithendra M<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>It has been over 20 days since unprecedented rains and floods ravaged parts of Bengaluru displacing citizens and causing damages worth hundreds of crores. While steps were taken in the immediate aftermath of the floods to provide relief and shelter to those affected, we write this open letter to the Chief Minister of Karnataka as concerned citizens witnessing the devastating impact of extreme weather in Bengaluru. As the city and its citizens attempt to recover from the massive losses endured, it is essential to use this moment to build equitable, sustainable and accessible cities.<br>Read our key demands to make Bengaluru a climate-resilient city that is sensitive to its natural ecosystems and rooted in inclusion and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2022\/09\/e49fc13d-open-letter-bangalore-floods.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\np{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the CM of Karnataka: It has been over 20 days since unprecedented rains and floods ravaged parts of Bengaluru displacing citizens and causing damages worth hundreds of crores. Here are our key demands to make Bengaluru a climate-resilient city that is sensitive to its natural ecosystems and rooted in inclusion and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":14350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,44,5],"tags":[],"p4-page-type":[15],"class_list":["post-14349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-greenpeace","category-issues","p4-page-type-publication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14349"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19159,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14349\/revisions\/19159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14349"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=14349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}