Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Laggeri Lake

Also called Basappana katte

Kere, a large tank, in Rajeshwarinagar ward, Bengaluru West

See it on the map

Size

6.01 acresAbout 3.4 football pitches

Rank by size

953rd 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

35% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 25% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1918 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 0.93 acres

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1917

1927

1978

1984

1917
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1927
Not on the survey map
See source
1978
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water until 1999
Water in 0.6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry
See source See source
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
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
25% encroached, sewage, 6.72 acres surveyed
See source
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
53% floating weed
47% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
0% open water
49% floating weed
51% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

6.01 acres

About 3.4 football pitches

2018 lake survey

6.72 acres

About 3.8 football pitches

End to end

214 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

1.5 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Sewage

What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & garbage

Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

35%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

6.55 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

The public and BBMP

Taken for

Houses & park

Where it is encroached

On the north, north-east and west side

Dumped in it

Garbage

Land record maps

Survey number 121, Laggere

Land within 500 m

91% built, 6% crops, 2% trees

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment

0.9 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

What lives here

Birds recorded

1 species

Most seen: Spot-billed Pelican.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

1 species

1 records, all in 2025

Threatened species seen here

1

Spot-billed Pelican near threatened

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, temple, school & park

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 5

Rajeshwarinagar

ರಾಜೇಶ್ವರಿನಗರ

Bengaluru West corporation, Dasarahalli assembly seat

Village

Laggere

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

121

Height above sea level

894 m

Coordinates

13.0104° N, 77.5145° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 490
2018 lake survey: BUBNYPlag_kr4-160
KGIS tank map: 1322