Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gottigere Kere

ಗೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆರೆ ಗೆರೆ

Also called Gottigere Tank

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

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Size
26.0 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
355th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for wildlife and fishTested Jul 2026
Built over
5% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 8% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    3% of its water area has since gone dry; 31% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, polluted, 37.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2023-2026

    Tested by the state board in 36 months, most often fit only for wildlife and fish

    Jul 2023 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 94% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 5% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 88% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built
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How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
26.0 acres

About 15 football pitches

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Land records
37.3 acres

About 21 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
37.3 acres

About 21 football pitches

See source
End to end
656 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

Latest test
Fit only for wildlife and fish

Fit only for wildlife and fisheries. Class D on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Class each month, tested 36 times since Jul 2023
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 28 months. Fit only for irrigation: 8 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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How it looked in 2018
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east, west and north-west

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Older tests
3 readings

From 2011 and 2021

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Latest test, Jul 2026. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity, phosphate, kjeldahl nitrogen, suspended solids

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C25
Dissolved oxygenmg/L4.5
pH7.3
ConductivityµS/cm1,413
BODmg/L6
Nitratemg/L as N5.4
Nitritemg/L as N0.4
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL700
Total coliformMPN/100mL3,500
Bicarbonatemg/L320
TurbidityNTU6.8
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3320
Chloridemg/L228
CODmg/L64
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N0.71
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3376
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3192
Calciummg/L76.8
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3184
Magnesiummg/L44.7
Sulphatemg/L63
Sodiummg/L125
Dissolved solidsmg/L320
Potassiummg/L28
Fluoridemg/L0.34
Sodium share%40
Sodium adsorption ratio2.81
Orthophosphatemg/L0.38

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026D4.567003,500See source
Jun 2026D4.995804,300See source
May 2026D4.276305,400See source
Apr 2026D5.184702,800See source
Mar 2026D5.854903,500See source
Feb 2026D5.956304,300See source
Jan 2026D5.454303,500See source
Dec 2025D6.444302,800See source
Nov 2025D643102,800See source
Oct 2025D5.463202,200See source
Sep 2025D6.253202,200See source
Aug 2025E2.7232,3007,000See source
Jul 2025E103,10012,000See source
Jun 2025D5.482,2007,900See source
May 2025D6.343003,500See source
Apr 2025D6463540See source
Mar 2025D5.1154002,100See source
Feb 2025D74170920See source
Jan 2025D6.641702,100See source
Dec 2024D4.554302,200See source
Nov 2024D4.261402,400See source
Oct 2024E2183103,500See source
Sep 2024E2.1203,10017,000See source
Aug 2024D5.872,10011,000See source
Jul 2024D4.151,40013,000See source
Jun 2024E3.6171,2007,900See source
May 2024E2.5193103,500See source
Apr 2024E3.61011,00046,000See source
Mar 2024D4.684303,500See source
Feb 2024D5.872202,400See source
Jan 2024D5.758,4001,60,000See source
Dec 2023D6.143405,400See source
Oct 2023E2.8141,70024,000See source
Sep 2023D4.293,3001,60,000See source
Aug 2023D5.853,10035,000See source
Jul 2023D6.1479,00016,00,000See source

Older tests

DateWhereReadingChloridePhosphateDissolved oxygenmg/LNitratemg/L as NTotal hardnessFluoridepHZincManganeseAluminiumWater temperature°CConductivityµS/cmBODmg/LNitrate and nitritemg/L as NFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
2011Gottigere Kere, Inlet2040.0125.623200.417.890.040.720.89See source
2021Gottigere Lake, LakeLowest26.42522140.62,30024,000See source
2021Gottigere Lake, LakeHighest7.18.4251,453423.646,0003,50,000See source

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mLLight transparencycm
2018-02-05Inlet22.36.31,0656154182740.1911215.061.833.61,600
2018-02-05Outlet17.76.788552422.90.56323.310.2281,60035
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.55 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

NICE

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Taken for

NICE road

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Where it is encroached

On the south side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

RTC-5.0 a-g is leased to NICEL

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

66% built, 18% trees, 6% crops, 5% grass, 3% shrubs, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
Work in progress
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City zone
Bommanahalli
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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Hulimavu Kere

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Catchment
2.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

5 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing and cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hulimavu 10MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.0 km away, treats 10 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
84 species

Most seen: Western Swamphen, Black Kite, Indian Pond-Heron, Rock Pigeon and Common Myna.

998 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
92 species

1,006 records, 2012 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
24 times

16 species, 13 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth, sandalwood defoliator, Ditch Jewel and Carrhotus viduus.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, agriculture, apartment, NICE road, plantation & temple

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 38
Doddakammanahalli

ದೊಡ್ಡಕಮ್ಮನಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Gottigere

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

71

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Height above sea level
952 m
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Coordinates

12.8534° N, 77.5905° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
120
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHgtg_kr2-1330
Lake Development Authority
LDA153
KGIS tank map
1009
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302866/001