Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Mount carmel coll. play ground, buildings, temple & road

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dandu Upparahalli Kere

Also called Millers Tank

Kere, a large tank, in Vasanth Nagar ward, Bengaluru Central

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Size in the 2018 survey
13.1 acresAbout 7.4 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1891 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1890 to 2026.
  1. 1890

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

  4. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    13.1 acres surveyed

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

How big it is

2018 lake survey
13.1 acres

About 7.4 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Mount carmel coll. play ground, buildings, temple & road
Filled in by

Private owners and government agencies

Around it in 2018

Buildings, playground & temple

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

58% built, 38% trees, 2% crops, 0.9% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

ETP

1.5 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded
8 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Large-billed Crow, Jungle Myna, House Crow and White-cheeked Barbet.

17 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
11 species

20 records, 2017 to 2025

Photographed on iNaturalist
7 times

6 species, 5 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Neem, coconut palm, Peregrina, Footman moth and Eurasian Collared-Dove.

Last seen Jan 2026

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 3
Vasanth Nagar

ವಸಂತ ನಗರ

Bengaluru Central corporation, Shivajinagar assembly seat

Village
Dondu Upparahalli

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

2

Height above sea level
944 m
Coordinates

12.9927° N, 77.5945° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKduh_kr1-20