Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govindaehettipalya Lake

ವೀರಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Veerasandra Govt. Kere-2, Veerasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Veerasandra village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
11.4 acresAbout 6.5 football pitches
Rank by size
684th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BMRCLBangalore Metro Rail Corporation
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
12% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1955, 1957 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1945 to 2026.

  1. 1945

    On the survey map

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  2. 1956

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 9% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    11% of its water area has since gone dry; 3% is new water

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, sewage, 17.1 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BMRCL

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  8. 2025-2026

    Part dry or built, part floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 12% open water
    • 39% floating weed
    • 49% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 18% open water
    • 9% floating weed
    • 73% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
11.4 acres

About 6.5 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
17.1 acres

About 9.7 football pitches

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End to end
376 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

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Sewage
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage, road runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-east

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

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-01-0619.657.11,00094080524.7408.32291,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
12%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Developers

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Taken for

Building

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Where it is encroached

On the north side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

61% built, 21% trees, 8% crops, 5% grass, 2% bare ground, 2% shrubs, 0.5% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation

BMRCL

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Uramundinakere

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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

4 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 3 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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What lives here

Birds recorded
35 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Rock Pigeon, Little Egret, Eurasian Coot and Little Cormorant.

102 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
39 species

106 records, 2014 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
48 times

25 species, 30 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Rock Dragon, Indian Garden Lizard, Asian Green Bee-eater, Great Cormorant and Indian Cormorant.

Last seen Mar 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, rooted floating and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Apartments, shed, NH-7 & buildings

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Veerasandra

Athibele hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

15

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Height above sea level
908 m
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Coordinates

12.8397° N, 77.6754° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
969
2018 lake survey
BUAKABvrs_kr2-1035
KGIS tank map
611