Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Melinakere

ಬಸಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Basapura lake

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

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Size
5.52 acresAbout 3.1 football pitches
Rank by size
985th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.7% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 4% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1958 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1957 to 2026.

  1. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 24 of 38 years

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

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 27% 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

    4% encroached, polluted, 11.1 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 18% open water
    • 83% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.52 acres

About 3.1 football pitches

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Land records
11.1 acres

About 6.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
11.1 acres

About 6.3 football pitches

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End to end
263 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
2018-01-1024.77.6913564145.30.8162.150.62.11,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.75 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

Houses

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Where it is encroached

On the south and south-east side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

62% built, 17% trees, 15% crops, 4% grass, 2% 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 work on the lake
Developed
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City zone
Bommanahalli
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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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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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Overflows into

Kelaginakere

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Catchment
0.3 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

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

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Chikkabeguru Sewage Treatment Plant

2.1 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
61 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Eurasian Coot, Western Swamphen, Ashy Prinia and Black Kite.

256 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
61 species

256 records, 2016 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, free floating 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

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 34
Chikkathoguru

ಚಿಕ್ಕ ತೋಗೂರು

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Basapura

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

15 (Basapura), 52 (Singasandra)

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Height above sea level
921 m
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Coordinates

12.8693° N, 77.6498° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
100
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGbsp_kr1-1400
Lake Development Authority
LDA034
KGIS tank map
985
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302864/002
City lake monitoring site
124