Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hoodi Kere-2

ಹೂಡಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Hoodi kere, Hoodi Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Hoodi ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
7.85 acresAbout 4.4 football pitches
Rank by size
862nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 3% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 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. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 14 of 38 years

    Water in 4% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 26% 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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  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare in most years

    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

    3% encroached, sewage, 15.3 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 4% open water
    • 93% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 49% open water
    • 0.5% floating weed
    • 51% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
7.85 acres

About 4.4 football pitches

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Land records
15.3 acres

About 8.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
15.3 acres

About 8.6 football pitches

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End to end
324 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
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south

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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
2017-11-2923.837.51,3499306937.20.896232.1261,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.08 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Graveyard

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Where it is encroached

On the south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & burn waste

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Other problems noted

Borewells

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Land within 500 m

65% built, 15% crops, 9% trees, 8% shrubs, 2% grass, 1% 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
Mahadevapura
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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kodigehalli Lake

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Catchment
1.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 3 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

BWSSB 5MLD ISPS Sadarmangala

1.1 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
33 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Asian Koel, House Crow, House Sparrow and Spotted Dove.

93 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
33 species

93 records, 2020 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land, layout, road & graveyard

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 29
Hoodi

ಹೂಡಿ

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Hoodi

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

79

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Height above sea level
891 m
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Coordinates

13.0004° N, 77.7165° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
39
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRhod_kr1-695
Lake Development Authority
LDA207
KGIS tank map
670
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026025/002