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With advice from a retired professor and Indian Institute of Science researchers, the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) has identified over 150 acres at Bellandur where wetlands can be preserved and created. Chief Executive Officer G. Vidyasagar told the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), which is taking up large-scale weeding operations, to leave around 100 acres of weeds, primarily water hyacinth, at the inlet of Iblur and Koramangala Storm Water Drains (SWDs).