Building a Resilient Bengaluru
Building a Resilient Bengaluru is a city-wide initiative that makes the city’s stormwater network visible, understandable, and actionable. We help residents see how water shapes daily life—and how collective care can build a flood-prepared, climate-ready future.
What we do
- Reveal Bengaluru’s stormwater systems through open data, maps, stories, and visual tools
- Lead citizen-led audits, guided walks, and community learning experiences
- Build public understanding of how drains, lakes, and wetlands support safety, ecology, and neighborhood wellbeing
- Empower people of all ages to participate in caring for the city’s water systems
- Strengthen collaboration between residents, civic groups, experts, and government agencies
When everyone understands how water flows, we can prevent floods, improve public spaces, and build a city that adapts together.
Resilience Starts Now. Every Drop. Every Street
To make Bengaluru’s stormwater network visible, understandable, and actionable for every citizen through open data, storytelling, community engagement, and collaborative governance — fostering shared responsibility for a resilient, flood-prepared, and ecologically healthy city.
Our Playbook
This is how the Building a Resilient Bengaluru campaign works - our approach, the tools we use, and how citizens, officials, and partners can participate. From understanding the stormwater system to observing neighbourhood drains and using open audits, the Playbook shows the step-by-step method behind the campaign — simple, transparent, and designed for collective action.
Open Data for Everyone
Making stormwater information accessible, verifiable, and easy to explore.
Citizen Field Observations
Residents document conditions, report problems, and contribute insights.
Mapping the Hidden Network
Interactive tools help citizens see drains, linkages, and catchments.
Community Storytelling
Walks, workshops, and narratives bring water systems to life.
Know Who's Responsible
Clear governance pathways show which agency handles each issue.
Walks, Workshops & Learning
Learning sessions, on-ground workshops to experience water systems
Meet the Team
This campaign is led by MOD Foundation. The team has shaped every aspect of the platform - from research and data analysis to design, visualisation, UI/UX, and dashboard development.
Campaign Support
Building a Resilient Bengaluru was initiated through the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Small Grants Programme. The campaign is now being expanded with support from the Wipro Foundation, enabling continued citizen audits, data collection, public engagement, educational programmes, and the development of open-access tools for urban water resilience.
Campaign Partners
Building a Resilient Bengaluru is implemented in collaboration with Oorvani Foundation and OpenCity. Together, we combine urban research, civic journalism, open data, community engagement, and participatory mapping to strengthen public understanding of Bengaluru's water systems and support evidence-based action.
