Lakes in Bengaluru

What links here Related changes Page information
Created by Ashok Hathrasi
Last edited October 27, 2025


Template:Maplink Lakes and tanks in the metropolitan area of Greater Bangalore and the district of Bangalore Urban are reservoirs of varying sizes constructed over a number of centuries by various empires and dynasties for rainwater harvesting. Historically, these reservoirs were primarily either irrigation tanks or for the water supply, with secondary uses such as bathing and washing. The need for creating and sustaining these man-made dammed freshwater reservoirs was created by the absence of a major river nearby coupled with a growing settlement. As Bangalore grew from a small settlement into a city, both of the primary historical uses of the tanks changed. Agricultural land witnessed urbanization and alternate sources of water were provisioned, such as through borewells, piped reservoir water and later river water from further away.

The topography of the three main gentle natural valley systems allowed for the creation of interconnected tanks and wetlands where water flows downstream through a series of channels or drains. These tank cascades or chains have seen accelerated change and fragmentation caused by urbanisation in the past four decades.[1] Some lakes have been redefined as recreational spaces. Some have been built upon. Other lakes have reduced in size and are in various stages of deterioration. While associated pollution is rampant such as the case of Bellandur Lake which is used as a sewage tank, numerous public and private efforts have been undertaken to address sewage treatment, prevention of dumping and encroachment.

Terminology

Lakes are called keres (Template:Lang) in Kannada language,[2] and are traditionally referred to as tanks.[3] Researcher Rohan D'Souza has suggested that the concept of 'kere' and 'lake' differ; for example the former also refers to the wetland and bund while the latter focuses more on a body of water surrounded by land.[4] When the forest department started to have a larger role in the administration of these waterbodies in the 1980s the word 'lake' started to be used as compared to 'kere' or 'tank'.[3][5] In accordance with this terminology, communication and practices related to these waterbodies were impacted.[3] Anthropologist Smriti Srinivas writes that tank is also a simplification that incorporates both natural and manmade waterbodies into its context since identification of bodies of water in the region that were historically natural is a task.Template:Sfn A 1986 report classifies some tanks as 'disused' tanks.Template:Sfn

There is no specific definition for what a lake is in India.[6][7] Urban lakes also have no specific definition.[8] In Bangalore, smaller waterbodies 1-3 acre in size are called gokattes and waterbodies less than 1 acre are called kuntes.[9] The words kere and katte go back to usage by the Hoysala's.Template:Sfn Kaluves can be translated as canals,[10] while in the context of Bangalore rajakaluves refer to bigger or large canals, channels or drains, specifically storm water drains, that connect the lake cascades.[11][12] Kalyanis refer to square tanks used for immersion (see temple tanks).[13]Template:Sfn Other bodies of water include a well, 'bhavi', and pond for domestic use, 'kola'.Template:Sfn

History

Rainwater has been stored in reservoirs or irrigation tanks in the Indian subcontinent for many centuries.Template:Sfn In Bangalore and the surrounding regions of Mysore these tanks numbered in the thousands and varied in size according to the rains.Template:Sfn They were made primarily for the purposes of irrigation and drinking water, and secondary uses such as fishing, washing and other domestic needs.[14][15] Inscriptions provide some insight into their history.[16] The history and creation of the reservoirs is linked to different empires, dynasties and periods of the British Raj.Template:Sfn The Ganga and Chola dynasty, the Hoysala Empire, the Vijayanagara Empire, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan and the Wadiyar dynasty are all associated tanks in Bangalore, including their creation, maintenance and use.Template:Sfn These tanks or lakes along with open water wells constituted the water supply infrastructure.[17] Socio-economic factors, population distribution, caste, and wealth affected interaction with water bodies.Template:Sfn The neerganti were organised labour traditionally associated with regulating irrigation water.Template:Sfn[18] Voddas were the tank builders.Template:Sfn The traditional well diggers are the Manu Waddar.[19][20] The Vanniyakula Kshtriya or Thigala were horticulturists associated with lakes such as Sampangi.[21] They brought the Karaga celebration to Bangalore.[21][22] The roles of these communities have been diluted over time.Template:Sfn Cultural and religious associations abound.[23] Urbanisation has had diverse but mixed influence on these communities.[24] It is often the case that when the history of these tanks is discussed it is idealized.[15][25]

Old sketch. The lake is visible. Some huts. A few people. Buildings in the distance.
Ulsoor tank, 1834

Template:Multiple image The dependence on tanks and other sources of water such as wells reduced with the implementation of schemes that brought water from Hesaraghatta Lake in 1894, T G Halli Reservoir in 1933, and Cauvery River from the 1970s.[25][26] Borewells also reduced dependence on reservoirs.[27] The Dharmambudhi Tank is used as an example to portray historical change,[28] and change of a commons in Bangalore over the centuries.[29] The tank goes back to at least the 16th century; some historical references point to a much earlier reservoir at the same location.[30][31] The lake would be used until the end of the 19th century after which is saw unchecked decay as a waterbody.[32] However its lakebed was located in prime area and continued to be used for various events, festivals, and gatherings.[32][33] Part of the lakebed was still wetland and had wells.[29] In the 1960s a portion of the lakebed was set aside for the construction of a bus stand.[34] Of the many channels and lakes that were connected to Dharmabudhi in the past such as the former Sampangi Lake, Kempambudhi Lake and Sankey Tank remain.[33]

Sampangi lake supported both the Pete and cantonment. It provided irrigation for millet and paddy cultivation. Construction in the area included a park in 1879, a hospital in 1886 and a school in 1898.[21] Around 1895 the lake stopped being used officially as a water source and inflow channels severed.[21] There were contesting claims as to how the lake and lakebed should be used. By 1935 all that remained was a small square tank. On the lakebed several constructions followed.[21] An eponymously named stadium was constructed on a portion of Sampangi lake in 1946, now known as the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. This was followed by an increase in surrounding built up area. In 1995, another portion of the former wetland was used to build the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium.[21]

Lakes or tanks, including dry ones, have been converted to commercial areas, industries, government buildings, bus stands, sports facilities, playgrounds and residential colonies, a few tanks were breached under a malaria eradication programme.[35][36] When Bangalore Golf Course was formed in 1876, it was located in the center of the city, and then land was relatively easily obtained.[37] In 1973 the Karnataka Golf Association was formed and the members started looking for a location to set up a golf course. Among the several locations Challaghatta lake or tank was suggested, then located on the outskirts of the city.[37] At the time there were ample lakes in the city and not much fuss was made related to the lake itself.[38] After a number of administrative processes involving multiple departments of the local administration and multiple Chief Ministers, and conversion of the area into a golf course designed by an Australian architectural firm, the first 9 holes were inaugurated in 1986. Multiple national and international golf tournaments have been held at the course.[39]

In 1986 the Lakshman Rau committee (under a retired administrative officer; see N. Madhava Rao)Template:Relevance inline came out with a report highlighting the failure to maintain various tanks and made comments covering lake boundaries, water quality, the construction of tree parks in areas breached, to monitoring and conducting further study for new tanks.[40][41] The committee identified 127 lakes and transferred 90 to the forest department.Template:Sfn Since the 1980s custody of the lakes in the city has seen numerous changes.[42][43] The former Lake Development Authority experimented with public–private participation which included leasing out of four lakes.[44] Government administration of the lakes in the city mainly fall under a few urban local and state regulatory bodies.[45][46] Outside the city management is under the village and district Panchayats, and the Minor Irrigations department depending on the size of the lake.[5] Others forms of participation in the form of corporate social responsibility, general public involvement, including coordination with government efforts, and formation of lake groups, has resulted in some lakes seeing successful attempts at conservation and rejuvenation.[47][48] There are numerous measures undertaken, debated and contested by stakeholders in relation to the rejuvenation (restoration, revival, rehabilitation, conservation) of lakes. [49] Failure of these processes has been observed.Template:Sfn Urbanization has impacted the lakes in various ways, some lakes have completely disappeared, others have been reduced to pools, some have been encroached upon, some are in various stages of deterioration, some have dried up, and some have been leased.Template:Sfn The Koliwad committee, set up by the Karnataka legislature in 2014,[50][51] reported thousands of acres of encroachment of lake land.[52]

Topography and hydrology

The topographic setting of the city has radial slopes towards east and west with a smooth ridge running north to south; rainfall over the ridge area gets divided and flows east or west into the three gentle slopes and valleys of Koramangala–Challagatta, Hebbal and Vrishabavathi. The average elevation is roughly Template:Convert. These naturally undulating terrain of hills and valleys lends itself to the development of tanks that can capture and store rainwater. Small streams are formed by each valley starting with the ridge at the top. A series of shallow tanks varying in size are developed by the construction of bunds.[53][54] A tank generally consists of a shallow inflow area and a relatively deeper outflow area where the bund is.Template:Sfn The tank can further be zoned into a flooded area and a waterlogged zone.Template:Sfn Monsoons recharge the tanks and the outflow can be regulated for irrigation of monsoon crops during the last six months of the year. Most tanks are dry a couple of months before the onset of the new monsoon. A second crop can be considered on the basis of water levels. Other seasonal changes affect the water level. Urban sewage inflow allows some lakes to retain their water spread for a longer period.Template:Sfn Initially serving as a water source, these tanks over time also developed features of closed water lentic ecosystem habitats.Template:Sfn The catchments on the east and west of the ridge belong to the Ponnaiyar River and Arkavathi River respectively. Both these rivers flow into the Kaveri.Template:Sfn

The tank-canal linkages or rajakaluves (large canals or stormwater canals) were redefined by the colonial administration once they became the location for the sewerage network.[12] Rajakaluves now refer to both the inter-lake linkages and the sewerage, and are translated as stormwater drains.[12] In the 21st century there are 842 km in the drain network.[55] Urbanisation has impacted these.[56][57] Ensuring adequate water flow and no blockages is undertaken by the local administration.[58] Encroachment of storm drains and catchment areas can cause both drying up and flooding of lakes.[59] These drains often carry sewage in it, which results in the lakes getting polluted.[60]

Bangalore has a mean annual rainfall of Template:Convert with June to September seeing the majority of rainfall.[54][53]Template:Sfn 2022 was the wettest year with over 1700mm of rainfall.[61][62] The city sees around 60 rainy days a year.[63] The minimum rainfall is 587.8 mm/year.Template:Sfn An estimate of the rain water potential is 45000 million litres.Template:Sfn The annual mean temperature is Template:Convert with extremes ranging from Template:Convert to Template:Convert.[26] The highest and lowest temperature ever recorded in Bangalore has been 38.9 °C and 7.8 °C. in 1931 and 1884 respectively.Template:Sfn

Quantity

A false colour composite satellite image of Greater Bangalore. It is from 2006 therefore some green areas between lakes are visible. Built up area is in purple.
A 2006 false colour image[64]
A satellite image from 2018. It is covered with the city area. Big lakes such as Bellandur are visible.
Bangalore city in 2018

There are various boundaries and methods that have been considered when counting lakes or tanks.Template:Sfn This includes the different jurisdictions of concerned government bodies such as BBMP, BDA, BMRDA; the different limits of Bangalore Metropolitan Area, Greater Bangalore, Bangalore Rural district, Bangalore Urban district; and counts mentioned in reports such as the N Lakshman Rao report of 1986.Template:Sfn Over time, the expansion of the limits of the city has resulted in a transfer of lakes in the rural district to the urban district.Template:Sfn

Bangalore has grown in area from Template:Convert in 1949 to over Template:Convert by 2007.[65][66][63] The area covered by water bodies in Greater Bangalore and Bangalore Urban has seen a sharp decline since the 1960s and 1970s.[67][68][69] Greater Bangalore has seen a reduction in water cover from 20.8 km2 in 1965 to 12.5 km2 in 2018.[68] A study published in 2008 found that in the heart of the city only 17 good lakes exist as against 51 healthy lakes in 1985.[67] A 2020 report listed 211 lakes within BBMP boundary limits.[70] There are six cascading lake series- Varthur, Puttenahalli, Hulimavu, Byramangala, Yellamallappa Chetty and Madavara.[66]

In 2015, a survey of all lakes in Bangalore Urban totaling 834 was completed.[71] BMRDA in 2001 identified 2789 lakes (2-50 hectares in size) within its limits.[72][73] In 2013, the jurisdiction of the minor irrigation department, BMRDA and BDA was 3578, 2789 and 596 tanks/lakes respectively.[74] The Koliwad committee (2014-2016) listed 1545 lakes.[50] A 2018 study by an autonomous institute under the Karnataka government counted 1521 water bodies in the Bangalore Metropolitan Area, out of which 837 were disused.[9]

Quality

The largest lake in the city Bellandur Lake is "severely polluted".[75] The lake receives 520 million litres per day of sewage and other waste that amounts to about 40% of the city's total.[75] Out of this roughly half is treated and diverted for irrigation. Otherwise the only inflow is rainwater.[75] When aquatic systems around the world are taken into consideration, Bellandur Lake has methane emissions that are among the highest in the world.[75] The lake has been in the news for its pollution, froth, and fire.[76] Post-2015 deliberations with regard to what the end-goal of a rejuvenation of Bellandur lake would entail were held.[15] The cause of the water quality situation in the lake was discussed.[15] No simple solutions were found.[15] Heavy metal contamination in Bellandur Lake impacts concentration of heavy metals in the soil and crop in areas irrigated using untreated lake water.[77] Despite the numerous shortcomings presented by Bellandur and downstream Varthur lakes, these aren't representative of the many more shortcomings of water management in the rest of Bangalore.[78] Byramangala Lake has also seen froth.[79][80] A number of factors impact measurements and interpretation of water quality and pollution.[81][82]Template:Explain

India's National Water Quality Monitoring Programme is implemented in Bangalore by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board through a network of over 100 monitoring stations located at lakes and tanks.[83] Monthly monitoring data is classified under pre-defined water quality criteria A-E.[83] In 2022, according to this data water in all the lakes in Bangalore were undrinkable with no lake falling under categories A-C.[84]

Water hyacinth, and other macrophytes and phytoplankton, are bioindicators of certain characteristics of water quality. Using satellite imagery between 1988 and 2019 (see #Ecology) significant areas of these have been observed covering various lakes in Bangalore, varying in coverage of the wetland according to lake, season and other factors.[85][27] There have been occurrences of mass fish mortality.[86][87][88][89] Immersion of Ganesha idols that are made with specific types of material has impacted water quality.[90][91] Some types of painted idol immersion has had significant effects on aquatic life.[92] Over 150,000 idols were submerged in 2022.[93] Measures to minimize pollution during the festival include use of earthen idols and smaller disconnected artificial tanks.[93]

Template:OSM Location map

Integrated wetlands, constructed wetlands, and floating wetlands have been utilized to improve water quality.[94][95] The integrated wetland of Jakkur Lake consists of partially treating sewage inflow before entry into a constructed wetland adjacent to the main lake body.[94] A 10 MLD treatment plant utilizes UASB technology and extended aeration.[94] This is followed by a constructed wetland spread over about 11 acres consisting of shallow followed by deeper settling basins with a variety of aquatic plants.[94] The constructed wetland at Agara Lake is spread over 9 acres.[96] Floating wetlands have been used at multiple lakes with varying success, notably Hebbagodi Lake.[95][97] Some lakes have wastewater treatment plants with direct inflow into the main lake area.[95]

Urban flooding has been considered as a disaster by National Disaster Management Authority following major flooding events in cities in India in the 2000s including Bangalore.[98][99] While there are similarities between cities in the causes of the floods, Bangalore has some unique exacerbating features with regard to its lake ecosystem.[98] Template:Clear

Ecology

Birds

The Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore released their first list of birds in Bangalore in the 1970s. The revised list of 1994 also contains recorded sightings such as that of little grebe at Ulsoor tank in 1930 and data from the waterfowl census conducted since 1987.[100] The 1994 list records over 220 regularly sighted birds.[100] 109 birds are wetland birds and additional 30 species are favoured by the presence of water.[100] A study conducted by the same group in 1989 observed economic activities in and around the tanks which affected their ecology. Out of 97 tanks that were observed in a radius of 30 km, unregulated mudlifting and brickmaking were practiced in a large number of the lakes.Template:Sfn Micro-habitats for aquatic birds in Bangalore can be grouped into roughly five categories: open water birds, waders and shoreline birds, meadow and grassland birds, birds of reedbeds and other vegetation, birds of open airspace above wetlands.[101] Some birds frequent multiple micro-habitats. The ninth and tenth edition of the census of wetland and water birds in 1995 and 1996 conducted by the Birdwatchers' Field Club in coordination with the state forest department found 29 lakes which had twenty or more species such as Hebbal, Hosakote and Kalkere.[101] 25 lakes were found with over 500 birds.[101] The pond heron was found to be the most prevalent species among all the lakes, however no one species was present in all the lakes. Common waders include egret, sandpiper and brahminy kite.[101] Kingfisher was the most common open water bird.[101] The most common duck was Garganey.[101] Pintail and Coot were common reed and other vegetation birds.[101]

Birds at a lake
Hosakote lake

A study using eBird data from 2014 to 2019 from 44 lakes in the city had a sample size that included a total of 263 species.[102] In this study, the area of the lake and its position in the city impacted bird richness.[102] Most resident species saw an increase while most migratory species decreased.[102] An earlier study of 15 lakes in the city identified birds such as kingfishers, purple moorhen, little grebes, darter, purple heron, grey herons and pond herons.[103] A 2005-2007 study observed 112 bird species at seven lakes; Hebbal Lake had 74 species while Yediur Lake had 15 species.[104] Another localised study of aquatic birds found that two of the most abundant species are Anas querquedula, a species of duck, and Bubulcus ibis, a species of heron.[105] Bird poaching and hunting was rampant in 1989.Template:Sfn It now occurs to a much lesser extent.[106]

Fish

A lake with an island. A fisherman in a coracle visible.
Ulsoor lake, fishing using a coracle and gillnet

20 types of fish have been observed in the lakes.Template:Sfnp Cyprinidae family is dominant.Template:Sfnp Fish diversity and bird biodiversity are impacted by fishing practices.[107][108][109] Appropriate water bodies are leased out for fishing purposes.[110] Fishes bred for food include carps such as catla, labeo, mrigal, and other types such as tilapia, catfish. Labeo rohita or rohu is the most commonly bred fish.[110] In 2021 Jakkur Lake supported a number of fishing families.[111] The lake provides up to 200 kg of fish per day.[112] The catch can go up to 500 kg.[111] There is a fish farm and research center beside Hebbal Lake.[110]

Macrophytes

Imagery from the Indian Remote Sensing Programme for the years 1988-2001 were used to assess growth of water hyacinth in six lakes in Bangalore.[85] Among the largest areas in this study under water hyacinth was observed in Hebbal Lake at Template:Convert out of a total water spread of Template:Convert.[85] Nagavara Lake had the highest ratio of water hyacinth to water spread; in March 1989 the lake was completely covered.[85] In the mid-1980s Neochetina eichhorniae, used in the biocontrol of water hyacinth, was released on an experimental basis in a specific area of Bellandur Lake.[113] An impact on water hyacinth was observed. The insect had also been recorded in the coming months in downstream Varthur Lake signifying a capability to migrate.[113] Within a few months infestation of all water hyacinth in Varthur Lake was observed.[113]

One section of Bellandur lake. Unevenly covered with aquatic plants.
Bellandur lake

Analysis of freely available Google Earth imagery between 2002 and 2019 for macrophytes and phytoplankton cover in Bellandur and Varthur lakes showed that macrophyte cover never fell below 29% of the total wetland cover with a perennial average of nearly 60%. Algae was about half that of the macrophyte cover.[27] Water hyacinth has favoured types of moorhen, heron, and egret, and has caused the loss of a type of wader.[100] Aquatic weed harvesters are used on Bellandur lake.[114]

Common emergent aquatic plants include alligator weed, pink morning glory and cattail.Template:Sfnp Common submerged aquatic plants include those from the genus Aponogeton, Potamogeton and the highly invasive Hydrilla, Elodea.Template:Sfnp Free floating Lemna, Wolffia and Eichhornia are common. Rooted floating plants include weeds, lilies and lotus.Template:Sfnp Around 22 types of aquatic weeds are found in the lakes including algae, duckweed, water hyacinth, musk grass, water thyme, pondweed.Template:Sfnp Template:Clear

Plankton

The 1989 Birdwatchers' Field Club study recorded 113 forms of plankton; in terms of plankton diversity six out of the 72 lakes showed high diversity.Template:Sfn In a doctoral study on algae from 2017 to 2019 one downstream and one upstream lake from each of the 6 lake series were targeted.[115] Algal diversity observed included 124 species belonging to 58 genera of the four classes Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Euglenophyceae.[115] Dominant taxa includes the species Scenedesmus dimorphus and species from the genus Anabaena.[115] In a targeted study of 7 lakes between 2010 and 2012 the dominant classes were the same.[116] Microcystis aeruginosa was the most dominant algal bloom. The main zooplankton were rotifera, cladocera, ostracoda and copepoda.[116]

Other

An inventory of lakes in Bangalore conducted between 2016 and 2018 identified 142 types of flora 191 types of fauna,[117] belonging to nine categories of the biota (flora: trees, herbs and shrubs, aquatic flora; fauna: insects, macro benthic fauna, fish, herpetofauna, avifauna, mammals) in and around the water bodies.Template:Sfnp

Various trees, herbs and shrubs are found in and around the lakes.Template:Sfnp Aacia nilotica has been planted at various tanks.Template:Sfn Floral diversity of wetlands include types of flowering and fruiting plants.[118]

A 2016 study identified 116 butterfly species.[119] Doddakallasandra lake and Madivala lake have seen efforts specific to butterfly biodiversity.[120][121] Apharitis lilacinus has been spotted at Hesaraghatta Lake.[122]

One of the, or the, most vital modern use of lakes is for the storage of freshwater and subsequent recharge of groundwater in Bangalore. This comes into question during efforts to enhance the biodiversity and aesthetics of the lakes through the creation of artificial islands and tree parks, and opposition to "soup bowl" structured restoration.[123][124] Naturalist Zafar Futehally suggests a balance by restricting soup bowl structure to select lakes, and allowing the others to develop with more concern for aquatic birds and recreation.[124] In 2023 The New York Times reported about conservationist Anand Malligavad who has restored 35 lakes in Bengaluru, with the help ancient Chola methods of water management, which don't need maintenance.[125]

Template:Clear

List of lakes and tanks

Template:Dynamic list

Template:GeoGroup

Greater Bangalore

Larger than 100 acres

Ulsoor Lake from a distance
Ulsoor Lake
A water body surrounded by a mud path and trees. In the far distance apartments are visible.
Jakkur Lake
Count Name Area (acres) Coordinates
1 Begur 137[126] Template:Coord
2 Bellandur 892[77] Template:Coord
3 Chikkabanavara 170[127] Template:Coord
4 Doddabommasandra 124[128] Template:Coord
5 Doddanekundi 130[129] Template:Coord
6 Hebbal 150[130] Template:Coord
7 Hulimavu 127[131] Template:Coord
8 Jakkur 157[132] Template:Coord
9 Kalkere Lake 187[133] Template:Coord
10 Madiwala 268[133] Template:Coord
11 MaragondanahalliTemplate:Efn 187[134] Template:Coord
12 Rachenahalli 104[135] Template:Coord
13 Ulsoor 108[136] Template:Coord
14 Varthur 445[137] Template:Coord
15 Yelahanka 288[133] Template:Coord
16 Yele Mallappa Shetty 490[133][138] Template:Coord

6 to 100 acres

A lake as viewed from a tall building. The lake is in a populated area with a road.
Nagavara Lake
A lake surrounded by a path and fence with apartments. The sun is setting.
Kaikondrahalli Lake
Count Name Area (acres) Coordinates
1 Abbigere 47[133] Template:Coord
2 Agara 97[139] Template:Coord
3 Akshayanagara 6[132] Template:Coord
4 Allalasandra 35[133] Template:Coord
5 Amrutahalli 23[140] Template:Coord
6 Anchepalya 56[137] Template:Coord
7 Are 29[133] Template:Coord
8 Attur 81[133] Template:Coord
9 Avalahalli 21[141] Template:Coord
10 Bagmane 11[133] Template:Coord
11 BanaswadiTemplate:Efn 25[142] Template:Coord
12 Benniganahalli 15[143] Template:Coord
13 Byrasandra 14[144] Template:Coord
14 Chele 25[133] Template:Coord
15 Chinnappanahalli 11[132] Template:Coord
16 Chunchanghatta 18[47] Template:Coord
17 Dasarahalli 27[145] Template:Coord
18 Devara 7[133] Template:Coord
19 Devasandra 16[146] Template:Coord
20 Doddabidarakallu 40[147] Template:Coord
21 Doddakallasandra 21[133] Template:Coord
22 Dore 28[133] Template:Coord
23 Dubasipalya 22[133] Template:Coord
24 Gangondanahalli 20[148] Template:Coord
25 Garvebhavipalya 18[133] Template:Coord
26 Gottigere 37[149] Template:Coord
27 Halagevaderahalli 9[133] Template:Coord
28 Haralur 27[136] Template:Coord
29 Herohalli 25[150] Template:Coord
30 Hoodi 15[151] Template:Coord
31 Hormavu Agara 51[152] Template:Coord
32 Hosa 38[137] Template:Coord
33 Hosakerehalli 59[153] Template:Coord
34 Hoskere 54[141] Template:Coord
35 Iblur 10[154] Template:Coord
36 Janardhana 7[155][133] Template:Coord
37 Kacharkanahalli 53[156] Template:Coord
38 Kaggadasapura 47[157] Template:Coord
39 Kaikondrahalli 48[137] Template:Coord
40 Kalena Agrahara 7[158] Template:Coord
41 Kannuru 64[159] Template:Coord
42 Kasavanahalli 53[137] Template:Coord
43 Kelagina 12[160]Template:Sfn Template:Coord
44 Kempambudhi 36[161] Template:Coord
45 Kengeri 38[162] Template:Coord
46 Kogilu 73[163] Template:Coord
47 Konasandra 37[164] Template:Coord
48 Kothanur 18[165] Template:Coord
49 Kowdenahalli 55[166] Template:Coord
50 K R Puram 45[133] Template:Coord
51 Kundalahalli 30[167] Template:Coord
52 Lalbagh 40[168] Template:Coord
53 LakkasandraTemplate:Efn [169] Template:Coord
54 Malathalli 72[170] Template:Coord
55 Mathikere 80[171] Template:Coord
56 Mahadevpura 26[172] Template:Coord
57 Mestripalya 9[173] Template:Coord
58 Munnekolala 15[174] Template:Coord
59 Mylasandra 12[175] Template:Coord
60 Nagavara 75[176] Template:Coord
61 Narasappanahalli 37[137] Template:Coord
62 Nayandahalli 15[177] Template:Coord
63 Pattandur Agrahara 12Template:Sfn Template:Coord
64 Puttenahalli Lake, Yelahanka 34[178] Template:Coord
65 Puttenahalli Lake, J P Nagar 13[132] Template:Coord
66 Sadaramangala 52Template:Sfn Template:Coord
67 Sankey tank 40[136] Template:Coord
68 Sarakki 82[179] Template:Coord
69 Saul 61[180] Template:Coord
70 Seegehalli 31[181] Template:Coord
71 Seetharampalya 23[182] Template:Coord
72 Singapura 66[183] Template:Coord
73 Subramanyapura 18[184] Template:Coord
74 Sunkalpalya 15[175] Template:Coord
75 Talaghattapura 19[185] Template:Coord
76 Thirumenahalli 7[137] Template:Coord
77 Thubarahalli 27Template:Sfn Template:Coord
78 Ullal 31[186] Template:Coord
79 Uttarahalli 16[187] Template:Coord
80 Vibhutipura 40[188] Template:Coord
81 Yediyur 18[189] Template:Coord

Former reservoirs

Template:Maplink

Name Detail Coordinates Refs
Akkithimmanahalli sports stadium, Bangalore Hockey Stadium Template:Coord Template:Sfn
Challaghatta Golfing Template:Coord [190]
Dasarahalli sports complex, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium Template:Coord [191][192]
Dharmambudhi Majestic bus stand Template:Coord [193]
Domlur The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), BDA layout Template:Coord [194][35]
Jakkarayana sports ground Template:Coord [195][196]
Jaraganahalli* Template:Coord [197]
Kadugondanahalli Ambedkar Medical College Template:Coord [35]
Kamakshipalya sports ground Template:Coord [198][199]
Karanji Gandhi Bazar area Template:Coord [200]
Konena Agrahara multiple buildings Template:Coord [201][202][203]
Koramangala multiple buildings, residential, National Dairy Research Institute Template:Coord [35]
Millers multiple buildings, hospitals, IT companies, schools, residential buildings Template:Coord [18][204]Template:Sfn
Nagashettihalli multiple buildings, space department, residential Template:Coord [35][205]
Parangipalya Kaggadasapura Lake Template:Coord [205]
Puttennahalli J.P. Nagar 6th phase Template:Coord [206]
Ramshetty Palya Kere sports playground, residential Template:Coord
Sampangi sports stadium, Sree Kanteerava Stadium, educational institutions, hospitals, Cubbon Park Template:Coord [21]
Saneguruvana halli park, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board buildings Template:Coord [207][208]
Shoolay sports stadium, Bangalore Football Stadium Template:Coord [209]
Siddikatte KR Market Template:Coord [18]
Srinivagilu residential, office, restaurants Template:Coord [210]
Sunkal Sunnakal tank; Shantinagar bus stand, bus depot, residential Template:Coord [211]
Venkatarayana residential layout Template:Coord [212][213][214]

Other lakes in Urban District

File:Panoramic view of Varanasi Lake.jpg
Varanasi Lake, Ramamurthy Nagar
Name Area (acres) Coordinates
Greater than 100 acres
Hesaraghatta 1912[215] Template:Coord
Byramangala Template:Coord
Varanasi Lake Template:Coord
Muthanallur 600[216] Template:Coord
Hennagara 172[137] Template:Coord

Template:Clear

References

Notes

Template:Notelist

Citations
  1. ↑ A 'thousand lakes' once fed now-parched Bengaluru(15 March 2024).
  2. ↑ A to Z guide to Bengaluru's lakes, Roy, Labonie. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Citizen Matters (Also published by Mongabay)(2021-09-20). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 When lakes were tanks, D'souza, Rohan. Down to Earth(31 August 2014). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. ↑ Bangalore Lake story: reflections on the spirit of a place. Journal of Cultural Geography({Template:Date).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Contested Governance of Wetlands in Bangalore. Jindal Journal of Public Policy({Template:Date).
  6. ↑ Management of Lakes in India. World Lakes Website(10 March 2004).
  7. ↑ Template:Cite report
  8. ↑ How do India's policies and guidelines look at 'urban lakes'?, Jainer, Shivali. Down to Earth(3 January 2020). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Katte and Kunte: The smaller, lesser-known water bodies that Bengaluru is losing to concrete, Rao, Mohit M.. Scroll.in(19 October 2020). Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  10. ↑ Maps, lakes and citizens. Seminar({Template:Date).
  11. ↑ Bengaluru's rajakaluves are in dire need of attention, VL, Prakash. Bangalore Mirror(22 April 2022). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Storm Drains as Assemblages: The Political Ecology of Flood Risk in Post-Colonial Bangalore: Stormwater Drains as Assemblages. Antipode({Template:Date).
  13. ↑ A step back in time, Thomas, Bellie. Bangalore Mirror(4 February 2022). Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  14. ↑ Impact of Privatisation of Lakes in Bangalore, D'Souza, Rohan s. Centre for Education and Documentation(2007). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 From lakes as urban commons to integrated lake-water governance: The case of Bengaluru's urban water bodies. South Asian Water Studies({Template:Date).
  16. ↑ Blessings and curses: the construction of lakes in Bengaluru. The Hindu(2015-06-22). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  17. ↑ Restoration of Urban Water Commons: Navigating Social-Ecological Fault Lines and Inequities. Ecological Restoration({Template:Date).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Like Bengaluru's lakes, the Neerghantis are disappearing, Chandran, Rahul. Livemint(2016-10-15). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  19. ↑ Project to rejuvenate city's groundwater brings livelihood, respect to traditional well-diggers, Kaggere, Niranjan. Deccan Herald(2021-10-03). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  20. ↑ The Indian megacity digging a million wells, Coushik, Ramya. BBC(7 October 2020). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 Contested urban commons: mapping the transition of a lake to a sports stadium in Bangalore. International Journal of the Commons({Template:Date).
  22. ↑ Sampangi Tank, centre of Karaga festivities, to be spruced up, Menezes, Naveen. Deccan Herald(2022-04-11). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  23. ↑ The sacred lakes of Bengaluru. The Hindu(2015-06-24). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  24. ↑ The differentiated impacts of urbanisation on lake communities in Bengaluru, India. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development({Template:Date).
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Walk the Pipeline: Urban Infrastructure Landscapes in Bengaluru's Long Twentieth Century. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research({Template:Date).
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Urban Governance and Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Smitha, K. C.. Bangalore: Institute of Social and Economic Change(2004).
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Algae and Macrophyte Cover in Urban Lakes: A Remote Sensing Analysis of Bellandur and Varthur Wetlands in Bengaluru, India. Remote Sensing({Template:Date).
  28. ↑ Water governance and the colonial urban project: the Dharmambudhi lake in Bengaluru, India. Urban Geography({Template:Date).
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 The Lake That Became a Bus Terminus.. Arcadia({Template:Date).
  30. ↑ Majestic @ 50: When our bus station was a lake.... The Hindu(2019-05-30). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  31. ↑ Err- bane Truth - Dharmambudhi Tank. TheWaterChannel(2010). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 The welcoming ways of Gandhinagar, Pai, Roopa. Hindustan Times(2022-06-07). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Of Flash Floods and a Lost Indian Waterscape. The Nature of Cities(2017). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  34. ↑ Dharmambudhi, from a water tank to a bus station, G N, Prashanth. Deccan Herald(2014-11-09). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Once a beautiful lake. ENVIS Centre. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  36. ↑ Vanishing lakes: Time to act now, Chandra NS, Subhash. Deccan Herald(2009-09-15). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Narrow Fairways: Getting by and Falling Behind in the New India{{#if:Inglis|, Inglis}. Oxford University Press(2019). ISBN 978-0-19-066476-3
  38. ↑ Mapping the Elite: Power, Privilege, and Inequality{{#if:Inglis|, Inglis}. Oxford University Press(2019). ISBN 978-0-19-909791-3
  39. ↑ KGA History. Karnataka Golf Association. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  40. ↑ Template:Cite report via indiawaterportal.org
  41. ↑ A Major Milestone. Lake Development Authority.
  42. ↑ BBMP gets custody of 38 lakes. The Hindu(2019-12-14). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  43. ↑ Minor Irrigation Department to look after Bengaluru lakes?. Deccan Chronicle(2018-01-26). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  44. ↑ Bangalore lakes leased out, Kozhisseri, Deepa. Down to Earth(15 May 2008). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  45. ↑ Whom do you call to fix your lake?, Swaraj, Shilpa M.. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru(2022-07-21). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  46. ↑ Performance audit on Conservation and Ecological restoration of Lakes under the jurisdiction of Lake Development Authority and Urban Local Bodies. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India(2015).
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Lakes of Bengaluru: Chunchaghatta lake restored, experts recommend ways to improve water quality, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-02-13). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  48. ↑ Template:Indented plainlist
  49. ↑ Template:Indented plainlist
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Karnataka panel confirms 11,000 acres lake land encroached in Bengaluru. Business Standard India(2016-01-08). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  51. ↑ Karnataka government reveals sad state of Bengaluru lakes, Sengupta, Sushmita. Down to Earth(12 January 2016). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  52. ↑ Lake land grabbers get time till March 31. Bangalore Mirror(16 March 2016). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 About lakes of Bangalore. Lake Development Authority.
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 Study Area: Bangalore. Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  55. ↑ Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India Performance audit of Management of storm water in Bengaluru Urban area, Government of Karnataka. Comptroller and Auditor General(2021). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  56. ↑ Stormwater drain chasers, Mathew, Melvin. Bangalore Mirror(20 September 2022). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  57. ↑ A tale of vanishing lakes and drains that bring the city to its knees during rain. The Hindu(2022-09-27). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  58. ↑ Bengaluru civic body starts to clear encroachments on storm-water drains. The Hindu(2022-09-03). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  59. ↑ Vanishing lakes: Time to act now. Storm water drain encroachments: A major lake-killer. Deccan Herald(2009-09-15). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  60. ↑ Proceedings of the 2006 Naxos International Conference on Sustainable Management and Development of Mountainous and Island Areas{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Democritus University of Thrace(2006). ISBN 960-89345-0-8
  61. ↑ Bengaluru city sets new record for highest annual rainfall. The Indian Express(2022-10-18). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  62. ↑ Bengaluru creates rain record, experts warn of more havoc in days to come. The New Indian Express(20 October 2022). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 Bangalore. Cities({Template:Date).
  64. ↑ Urban Landsat: Cities from Space. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)(2006).
  65. ↑ BBMP jurisdiction 'shrinks' from 800 to 712 sq km, Chaturvedi, Atul. Bangalore Mirror(16 June 2015). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 Urban Floods: Case Study of Bangalore. Journal of the National Institute of Disaster Management({Template:Date).
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 Burgeoning Bangalore City saps its lakes dry. Deccan Herald(April 14, 2008). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Urban Wetlands in an Indian Megacity over the Past 50 Years. Remote Sensing({Template:Date).
  69. ↑ Creating Urban Water Resilience in India: A Water Balance Study of Chennai, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, and Delhi{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Observer Research Foundation(2021). ISBN 978-93-90494-44-6
  70. ↑ Panel lambasts BBMP, BDA for inability to save lakes. The Hindu(2020-03-13). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  71. ↑ Now, see the lake loot tale in black and white, Manjusainath, G. Deccan Herald(2015-09-23). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  72. ↑ Bengaluru lost its water bodies, and here's what is remaining, Bharadwaja, Dr Ajaya S.. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru(2016-01-11). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  73. ↑ With no power to protect lakes, LDA limps, G, Sankar C.. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru(2012-06-13). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  74. ↑ 'Encroached lake land worth Rs 24K cr'. Deccan Herald(2014-07-26). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 75.3 Greenhouse gas budgets of severely polluted urban lakes in India. Science of the Total Environment({Template:Date).
  76. ↑ Template:Cite conference
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 Impact of heavy metal contamination of Bellandur Lake on soil and cultivated vegetation. Current Science({Template:Date).
  78. ↑ Restoring groundwater in urban India: Learning from Bengaluru, Driver, Berjis. ORF(16 October 2020). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  79. ↑ Residents Fume As Toxic Froth Builds Up In Lake Near Bengaluru, Kidwai, Nehal. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  80. ↑ It's froth all over again in Bengaluru's Byramangala lake, D'Souza, Pearl Maria. The New Indian Express(12 May 2019). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  81. ↑ Water quality index to determine the surface water quality of Sankey tank and Mallathahalli lake, Bangalore urban district, Karnataka, India. Applied Water Science({Template:Date).
  82. ↑ Impact of urbanisation on lakes—a study of Bengaluru lakes through water quality index (WQI) and overall index of pollution (OIP). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment({Template:Date).
  83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (GEMS & MINARS). Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  84. ↑ Water in all Bengaluru lakes unfit for drinking, says state pollution control board study, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-09-01). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 85.3 Assessment of changes in water-hyacinth coverage of water bodies in northern part of Bangalore city using temporal remote sensing data. Current Science({Template:Date).
  86. ↑ Fish Mortality in Bangalore Lakes, India. Electronic Green Journal({Template:Date).
  87. ↑ Fishy deaths, Kozhisseri, Deepa. Down to Earth(31 July 2005). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  88. ↑ Fish death in lakes. Current Science({Template:Date).
  89. ↑ [Explainer What's causing mass fish death in India's ponds and lakes?], Vyas, Ananya. Mongabay-India(2022-07-19). Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  90. ↑ Impact of Idol Immersion Activities on the Water Quality of Hebbal and Bellandur Lakes of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality({Template:Date).
  91. ↑ Effect of idol immersion activities on the water quality of urban lakes in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Current World Environment({Template:Date).
  92. ↑ Rituals Cause Lead Exposure and Fish Kill. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment({Template:Date).
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 Over 1.50 lakh Ganesha idols immersed in BBMP limits. Deccan Herald(2022-09-02). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 94.2 94.3 The Carbon Footprint Handbook{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis(2016). ISBN 978-1-4822-6223-0
  95. ↑ 95.0 95.1 95.2 Urban Wetlands. Reviving Bangalore's wetlands. Biome Environmental. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  96. ↑ Waterbody Rejuvenation – A Compendium of Case Studies. Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, Bengaluru(December 2019).
  97. ↑ Bengaluru: The floating islands that clean Agara, Madiwala lakes, Thakur, Aksheev. Deccan Chronicle(2017-10-04). Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  98. ↑ 98.0 98.1 The Bengaluru floods: The rising challenge of urban floods in India, Jha, Ramanath. ORF(15 October 2022). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  99. ↑ National Disaster Management Guidelines: Management of Urban Flooding{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. National Disaster Management Authority(September 2010). ISBN 978-93-80440-09-5
  100. ↑ 100.0 100.1 100.2 100.3 Annotated Checklist of The Birds of Bangalore{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore(1994)
  101. ↑ 101.0 101.1 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.5 101.6 Water Birds And Wetlands Of Bangalore. Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore and Bangalore Urban Division, Karnataka State Forest Department(1996).
  102. ↑ 102.0 102.1 102.2 Relationship between lake area and distance from the city centre on lake-dependent resident and migratory birds in urban Bangalore, a tropical mega-city in Southern India. Journal of Urban Ecology({Template:Date).
  103. ↑ Community composition of aquatic birds in lakes of Bangalore, India. Journal of Environmental Biology({Template:Date).
  104. ↑ Avian Diversity in the Wetland of Bangalore. Mapana Journal of Sciences({Template:Date).
  105. ↑ The diversity and abundance of waterbirds in lakes of Bangalore city, Karnataka, India. Biosystematica({Template:Date).
  106. ↑ Bird Poaching in Bangalore's Wetlands, Pereira, Joiston. conservationindia.org(19 June 2016). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  107. ↑ Indigenous fishes have been dwindling in Bengaluru's rivers and lakes, Girisha. The News Minute(2021-01-30). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  108. ↑ Bengaluru: Refreshed lakes, dying fish, Ramprasad, V. Deccan Herald(2022-08-27). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  109. ↑ Man vs bird, Mathew, Melvin. Bangalore Mirror(June 5, 2022). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  110. ↑ 110.0 110.1 110.2 Biochemical studies on tissues of major carps from lakes of Bangalore, G, Sreekala. Bangalore University(May 2013).
  111. ↑ 111.0 111.1 The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects, Pinglay-Plumber, Prachi. Mongabay-India(2021-04-05). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  112. ↑ Bangalore and its Lakes. bengaluru.urbanwaters.in. Biome Environmental(2017).
  113. ↑ 113.0 113.1 113.2 Suprression of Water Hyacinth by the exotic insect Neochetina eichhorniae in Bangalore, India. Current Science({Template:Date).
  114. ↑ Four harvesters to clear weeds in Bellandur Lake. The New Indian Express(2 May 2017). Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  115. ↑ 115.0 115.1 115.2 Environmental assessment of harmful algal blooms and eutrophication in lakes of Bengaluru - A climate change perspective, Veenashree. Bangalore University(July 2021).
  116. ↑ 116.0 116.1 Studies on progressive eutrophication and restoration strategies of few Bangalore lakes, Gayathri, S.. Bangalore University(2014).
  117. ↑ City lakes support 333 types of flora and fauna. The Hindu(2017-11-20). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  118. ↑ State of Environment Report Bangalore 2008{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2009)
  119. ↑ Template:Cite conference
  120. ↑ Butterfly survey at Doddakallasandra lake unearths promising results. The Hindu(2019-07-13). Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  121. ↑ Madivala lake transforms into biodiversity park. The Hindu(2018-06-24). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  122. ↑ Butterflies of Bengaluru. Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing), National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru, India(2020).
  123. ↑ Maps, lakes and citizens. Seminar({Template:Date).
  124. ↑ 124.0 124.1 Soup bowls, good or bad?, Futehally, Zafar. Deccan Herald(2010-02-15). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  125. ↑ India's 'Lake Man' Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis. The New York Times(2023-09-22). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  126. ↑ HC stays construction of artificial islands in Begur lake. The Hindu(2019-08-30). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  127. ↑ Yet another lake is dying. The Hindu(2013-11-22). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  128. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: When a defence PSU stepped in to revive the Doddabommasandra lake, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-01-09). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  129. ↑ After revival, Doddanekundi Lake back on its death-bed. Deccan Chronicle(2019-11-23). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  130. ↑ Oldest and biggest lakes in bengaluru. The New Indian Express(4 April 2017). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  131. ↑ 800 houses flooded after Bengaluru's Hulimavu lake breaches. The Hindu(2019-11-24). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  132. ↑ 132.0 132.1 132.2 132.3 Template:Cite thesis
  133. ↑ 133.00 133.01 133.02 133.03 133.04 133.05 133.06 133.07 133.08 133.09 133.10 133.11 133.12 133.13 133.14 133.15 133.16 133.17 Template:Cite report Also see PDF version.
  134. ↑ Revival hopes for Rampura lake may come unstuck over work delays, Menezes, Naveen. Deccan Herald(2022-06-12). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  135. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Rachenahalli lake, a lifeline choked by rampant development, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2021-11-28). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  136. ↑ 136.0 136.1 136.2 167 Lakes in BBMP Custody. Lakes Department, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  137. ↑ 137.0 137.1 137.2 137.3 137.4 137.5 137.6 137.7 Ramachandra T V, Bharath H. Aithal, Alakananda B and Supriya G, 2015. Environmental Auditing of Bangalore Wetlands, ENVIS Technical Report 72, CES, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. pg 7, 58, 84, 91, 140.
  138. ↑ Bengaluru: Green Tribunal directs authorities to submit report on action against Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake encroachments. The Indian Express(2022-03-14). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  139. ↑ HC pushes for restoration and rejuvenation of Agara and Bellandur lakes, M, Akshatha. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru(2015-04-22). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  140. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Pollution in Amruthahalli lake affects economic dependency of people live near the waterbody, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-05-21). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  141. ↑ 141.0 141.1 Ramachandra T V, Vinay S, Asulabha K S, Sincy V, Sudarshan Bhat, Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Bharath H. Aithal, 2017. "Encroachment of Lakes and Natural Drains" Rejuvenation Blueprint for lakes in Vrishabhavathi valley, ENVIS Technical Report 122, Environmental Information System, CES, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  142. ↑ Banaswadi, rebuilding a lake. Deccan Herald(2015-05-10). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  143. ↑ Residents full of plans for freshly-rejuvenated Benniganahalli lake, Fathima, Iffath. The New Indian Express(25 July 2019). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  144. ↑ Jayanagar's lake: Almost sold, now saved, Boray, Chetan. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru(2010-07-28). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  145. ↑ Palike recovers land worth Rs 13 crore. Deccan Herald(2014-08-26). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  146. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Restored in 2019 but entry of sewage still a problem in Devasandra lake, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-08-07). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  147. ↑ 11 encroachers continue to occupy 40-acre Doddabidarakallu Lake, Kulkarni, Chiranjeevi. Deccan Herald(2020-07-19). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  148. ↑ Scenic, serene water body in Bengaluru's Gangondanahalli is now Lake putrid, B R, Gururaj. Bangalore Mirror(August 14, 2018). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  149. ↑ Present status of Gottigere Tank: Indicator of Decision maker's apathy. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science(September 2013).
  150. ↑ New lease of life for Herohalli lake, Khanna, Bosky. Deccan Herald(2014-09-22). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  151. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: At Rs 2.5 crore, Hoodi Lake is now a rejuvenated waterbody, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-05-01). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  152. ↑ Saving the lakes of Horamavu, Yajaman, Arathi Manay. Citizen Matters, Blogs(2013-07-02). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  153. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Once a symbol of pristine environment, Hosakerehalli lake cries for rejuvenation, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-07-24). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  154. ↑ Bengaluru's Iblur lake regains lost beauty, Fathima, Iffath. The New Indian Express(1 July 2019). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  155. ↑ Janardhana Kere: A lake that even Google Map fails to find, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-03-27). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  156. ↑ Days numbered for Kacharakanahalli lake?. The Hindu(2015-06-21). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  157. ↑ Battered Kaggadasapura lake up for rejuvenation, Menezes, Naveen. Bangalore Mirror(1 March 2021). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  158. ↑ Nirmala Sitharaman visits Kalena Agrahara Lake in Bengaluru. The Hindu(2022-05-15). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  159. ↑ [{{{url}}} A New Imagination for Waste and Water in India's Peri-Urban Interface]. Springer International Publishing(2022). Template:Subscription required
  160. ↑ Bengaluru: The tale of two Byrasandra lakes, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-07-03). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  161. ↑ Kempambudi lake to be a tourist hub: Mayor. The Hindu(2012-05-03). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  162. ↑ Kengeri Lake still waits for second shot at life, B P, Darshan Devaiah. Deccan Herald(2018-09-17). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  163. ↑ 167 Lakes in BBMP Custody. Lakes Department, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  164. ↑ Konasandra Lake is gasping for life, no funds to fix it, says BBMP, Thakur, Aksheev. Deccan Chronicle(2019-04-28). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  165. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Resident bodies press authorities to pull up socks before monsoon to save Kothanur Lake from getting polluted, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-04-24). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  166. ↑ Kowdenahalli Lake transforms from swamp to ecological haven, Raj, Arpita. The Times of India(29 October 2017). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  167. ↑ The untapped leisure potential of Bengaluru lakes. The Hindu(2016-09-22). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  168. ↑ Save Lalbagh lake from certain death. Deccan Herald(2022-03-13). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  169. ↑ Tale of the unlucky Lakkasandra lake. The Hindu(2012-10-18). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  170. ↑ Bengaluru: Environmentalists slam BBMP's 51-crore development plans for Mallathahalli Lake, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2021-08-20). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  171. ↑ Death of Mathikere lake. The New Indian Express(16 January 2013). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  172. ↑ 1 MLD DEWATs at Mahadevpura Lake, Bangalore. www.cseindia.org. Centre for Science and Environment. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  173. ↑ After 7 years, Mestripalya Lake may see a fresh lease of life, Nataraj, Poornima. Deccan Herald(2013-01-07). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  174. ↑ Munnekolala Lake restoration progresses, Yajaman, Arathi Manay. Citizen Matters, Blogs(2013-07-14). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  175. ↑ 175.0 175.1 Preparation of Rejuvenation Plans for 5 lakes, Bengaluru, India. Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  176. ↑ Eco-Restoration of Wetlands, Navagara Lake, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  177. ↑ Purified water to rid Nayandahalli lake of contamination. The Hans India(2022-06-09). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  178. ↑ Yelahanka's Puttenahalli lake to be rejuvenated soon. The Hindu(2019-01-26). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  179. ↑ Sarakki lake brims with water, regains lost glory. The New Indian Express(3 June 2019). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  180. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Here's why Saul Kere overflowed and inundated areas around it, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-09-11). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  181. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Snail-paced restoration work of Seegehalli Lake a concern, BBMP blames cash crunch, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-07-10). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  182. ↑ Dying Seetharampalya lake gets a new lease of life. Deccan Herald(2015-06-04). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  183. ↑ Locals oppose changing name of Singapura lake in Bengaluru. The Hindu(2022-07-15). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  184. ↑ Where are Bengaluru's lakes?, Sayeed, Vikhar Ahmed. Frontline. The Hindu(2022-07-10). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  185. ↑ Lakes of Bengaluru: Once revived, Talaghattapura lake yearns for maintenance, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-12-04). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  186. ↑ In the name of 'development', Bengaluru's Ullal Lake is now a stinking bed of sewage, Parashar, Kiran. The Indian Express(2021-12-12). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  187. ↑ Uttarahalli lake brims with water, new hope, Bhardwaj, Meera. The New Indian Express(2 June 2017). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  188. ↑ Vibhutipura Lake gets a fresh lease of life. Deccan Herald(2014-04-07). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  189. ↑ BDA biggest encroacher in Bengaluru. Deccan Herald(2016-01-08). Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  190. ↑ Round of golf on a lakebed. The Hindu(2012-07-11). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  191. ↑ Legendary playgrounds, Patrao, Michael. Deccan Herald(2013-06-02). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  192. ↑ Facilities galore. The Hindu(2012-09-26). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  193. ↑ Dharmambudhi, from a water tank to a bus station, G N, Prashanth. Deccan Herald(2014-11-09). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  194. ↑ TERI building sits on Domlur lake: Former chief secy. Deccan Herald(2015-06-02). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  195. ↑ City of forsaken lakes, Chandramouli, K.. Wetland News, Energy and Wetlands Research Group. Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Published in The Hindu in 2002.
  196. ↑ What will the elite in Dollars Colony do?. The Hindu(2015-05-05). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  197. ↑ Remains of a lake, Mathew, Melvin. Bangalore Mirror(5 April 2022). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  198. ↑ Concretisation of Storm Water Drains and encroachment of lakes leading to flooding in Bengaluru: CAG report, Parashar, Kiran. The Indian Express(2021-10-04). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  199. ↑ Most Bengaluru lakes encroached: NEERI report. The New Indian Express(9 November 2019). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  200. ↑ Give us back our lakes, Nandakumar, Prathibha. Bangalore Mirror(6 February 2017). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  201. ↑ 3 'disused lakes' can be restored, assures NEERI, Menezes, Naveen. Bangalore Mirror(13 February 2021). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  202. ↑ 10 of 63 City lakes exist only on paper, Manjusainath, G. Deccan Herald(2014-08-29). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  203. ↑ Most Bengaluru lakes encroached: NEERI report. The New Indian Express(9 November 2019). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  204. ↑ How Millers tank breach helps us understand recent flooding in Bengaluru. The Economic Times(27 September 2018). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  205. ↑ 205.0 205.1 Lost lakes, encroached drains: Why some parts of Bengaluru flooded worse than others. The News Minute(2017-10-21). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  206. ↑ Once upon a Lake. Bangalore Mirror(25 May 2022). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  207. ↑ 19 Bengaluru lakes in disuse, can't be reclaimed: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, HS, Shreyas. The Times of India(30 June 2022). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  208. ↑ Probe lake breaches, prevent them in future, HC tells Karnataka. The New Indian Express(28 November 2019). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  209. ↑ Shoolay junction was once home to a lake and flowering greens. The Economic Times(14 May 2015). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  210. ↑ What explains Bengaluru floods?, Joseph, Krupa. Deccan Herald(2020-11-04). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  211. ↑ Template:Cite thesis p 130
  212. ↑ BDA engineers admit to goofing up on lake. Deccan Herald(2013-06-14). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  213. ↑ Cheated on a lakebed, Manjusainath, G. Deccan Herald(2015-02-15). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  214. ↑ District admin to take over Venkatarayana kere. Deccan Herald(2014-10-06). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  215. ↑ Hesaraghatta Lake: From a drinking water source of Bengaluru to a haven for sand mining, open defecation, BP, Darshan Devaiah. The Indian Express(2021-12-05). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  216. ↑ Bengaluru: Industrial waste, sewage and encroachments take a heavy toll on Muthanallur lake, Thakur, Aksheev. The Indian Express(2022-01-29). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
Works cited
  • Survey of Irrigation Tanks as Wetland Bird Habitats in the Bangalore area, India, January 1989{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Birdwatchers' Field Club of Bangalore(1990)
  • Landscapes of Urban Memory. The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City{{#if:Srinivas|, Srinivas}. University of Minnesota Press(2001). ISBN 0-8166-3616-8
  • Social Designs: Tank Irrigation Technology and Agrarian Transformation in Karnataka, South India{{#if:Shah|, Shah}. Thesis published by Orient Longman as a part of Wageningen University Water Resources Series(2003). ISBN 90-5808-827-8
  • Vanishing Lakes: A Study of Bangalore City. Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore(2009).
  • Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future{{#if:Nagendra|, Nagendra}. Oxford University Press(2016). ISBN 978-0-19-908968-0
  • [{{{url}}} Final Report on Inventorisation of Water Bodies in Bengaluru Metropolitan Area (BMA)]. Centre for Lake Conservation (CLC), Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) (Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka)(March 2018).. Accessed via Environment Support Group
    • [{{{url}}} Volume-II: Lake Database and Atlas (Part-2: Bengaluru East Taluk)].
    • [{{{url}}} Volume-II: Lake Database and Atlas (Part-4: Bengaluru South Taluk)].
  • Essays on Bangalore{{#if:Mani|, Mani}. Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology(1985)
  • Essays on Bangalore{{#if:Subramanian|, Subramanian}. Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology(1985)

Further reading

Template:Commons category

Template:Bangalore topics

Retrieved from "https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Lakes_in_Bengaluru&oldid=477557"
Discover more