Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Janaradhan Kere

Also called Vasanthapura Lake

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

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Size
4.63 acresAbout 2.6 football pitches
Rank by size
1041st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
12% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 30% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1961, 1963 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. 1962

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2005

    Water in 0.9% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    30% encroached, polluted, 7.25 acres surveyed

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  8. 2024

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

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  9. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 67% floating weed
    • 33% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 37% floating weed
    • 63% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
4.63 acres

About 2.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
7.25 acres

About 4.1 football pitches

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End to end
300 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0620.77.71,6879862114.80.19967.371.918.21,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
12%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.72 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners

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Taken for

Buildings & roads

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east, south, west and north-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage waste

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Other problems noted

RTC- 3.25 a-g is in name ofindividual- Mr Lingegowda

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Land within 500 m

82% built, 8% trees, 5% crops, 3% grass, 1% shrubs, 0.6% 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 lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
  • Settlement
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Overflows into

Vasanthapura Katte

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Catchment
0.6 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

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

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sarakki 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.2 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
56 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, White-browed Wagtail, Indian Pond-Heron and Large-billed Crow.

443 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
59 species

446 records, 2020 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • River Tern vulnerable
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Photographed on iNaturalist
9 times

5 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Streaked Rattlepod, metel devil's trumpet, Black Kite, wild leadwort and potato tree.

Last seen Jan 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, submerged and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land & plantation

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Surveyor's note, 2018

Mr. Vinaya Kumar, IFS (3.11.16)

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 48
Vasanthapura

ವಸಂತಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Vasanthpura

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

28

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Height above sea level
902 m
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Coordinates

12.8912° N, 77.5555° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
508
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHvsp_kr2-1384
KGIS tank map
1039
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302869/004
City lake monitoring site
144