Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Layout with few buildings

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dasanakatte-1

Also called Venkatayyankere, Gubbalal a lake

Kere, a large tank, in Uttarahalli ward, Bengaluru South

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Size in the 2018 survey
4.38 acresAbout 2.5 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 1870 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1869 to 2026.
  1. 1869

    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

    4.38 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
4.38 acres

About 2.5 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Layout with few buildings
Filled in by

Private owners

Around it in 2018

Layout, apartment & bulidings

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
3.73 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Land within 500 m

65% built, 11% grass, 9% trees, 8% crops, 5% shrubs, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

Birds recorded
35 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Asian Koel and Large-billed Crow.

99 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
36 species

100 records, 2014 to 2023

Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species.

Most seen: Kokilasha.

Last seen Nov 2023

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 49
Uttarahalli

ಉತ್ತರಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

Village
Gubbalalu

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

8

Height above sea level
866 m
Coordinates

12.8897° N, 77.5446° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHgbl_kr1-1334