When Gurunandan Rao first arrived at Bikkanahalli Kunte in Bengaluru, there was barely anything that looked like a pond. 

The water body had dried up over time, its surface buried under thick layers of silt and waste. Encroachments had crept in, and years of neglect had erased its identity as a living system. 

What once stored rainwater and supported the surrounding landscape had been reduced to a forgotten patch of land. Many looked at it and asked why anyone would even attempt to restore something that looked beyond repair. 

Gurunandan, however, saw possibility.

Before anyone could step onto the site with machines and tools, Gurunandan........

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