Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Nyanappanahalli Kere

ಅಕ್ಷಯನಗರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Akashaya nagar Kere, Akshaynagar Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Vijaya Bank Layout ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
3.13 acresAbout 1.8 football pitches
Rank by size
1152nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for wildlife and fishTested Jul 2026
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1967 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1966 to 2026.

  1. 1966

    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 most years

    Water in 7% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 39% 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. 2000

    Restored

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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

    Polluted, 6.17 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

    Tested by the state board in 16 months, most often fit only for wildlife and fish

    Apr 2025 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  10. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 22% open water
    • 32% floating weed
    • 46% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 42% open water
    • 41% floating weed
    • 17% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
3.13 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

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Land records
6.17 acres

About 3.5 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
6.17 acres

About 3.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
211 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

Latest test
Fit only for wildlife and fish

Fit only for wildlife and fisheries. Class D on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Class each month, tested 16 times since Apr 2025
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 13 months. Fit only for irrigation: 3 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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How it looked in 2018
Polluted
See source
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

Latest test, Jul 2026. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity, kjeldahl nitrogen

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C26
Dissolved oxygenmg/L4.7
pH6.5
ConductivityµS/cm518
BODmg/L5
Nitratemg/L as N1.99
Nitritemg/L as N0.07
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL790
Total coliformMPN/100mL9,200
Bicarbonatemg/L170
TurbidityNTU25.1
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3170
Chloridemg/L15
CODmg/L56
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N0.4
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3140
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3130
Calciummg/L52
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO310
Magnesiummg/L2.4
Sulphatemg/L51
Sodiummg/L52
Dissolved solidsmg/L348
Suspended solidsmg/L34
Phosphatemg/L0.46
Potassiummg/L5
Fluoridemg/L0.22
Sodium share%43
Sodium adsorption ratio1.9
Orthophosphatemg/L1.17

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026D4.757909,200See source
Jun 2026D4.953402,400See source
May 2026E1.5302,5005,800See source
Apr 2026D5.688402,100See source
Mar 2026D4.582,6007,000See source
Feb 2026D642702,100See source
Jan 2026D5.553,2009,400See source
Dec 2025D6.343102,800See source
Nov 2025D5.963302,200See source
Oct 2025D752302,800See source
Sep 2025D6.1423150See source
Aug 2025D6.44221,600See source
Jul 2025E341501,700See source
Jun 2025D5.952302,800See source
May 2025E142602,800See source
Apr 2025D4.482,10024,000See source

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
2018-01-1023.2197.851520685.54.4160.720.27.7350
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.62 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Construction debris

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

65% built, 15% trees, 8% crops, 6% grass, 3% shrubs, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
To be 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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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Madiwala Lake

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Catchment
1 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

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and 1 island

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hulimavu 10MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.3 km away, treats 10 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
80 species

Most seen: Little Grebe, Indian Pond-Heron, Brahminy Kite, Black Kite and White-throated Kingfisher.

1,409 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
85 species

1,416 records, 2015 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
31 times

24 species, 27 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Kingfisher, African Giant Snail, Common Evening Brown, Little Grebe and Red Costate Tiger Moth.

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 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 59
Vijaya Bank Layout

ವಿಜಯ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಲೇಔಟ್

Bengaluru South corporation, Bommanahalli assembly seat

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Village
Begur

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

344

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Height above sea level
906 m
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Coordinates

12.8719° N, 77.6143° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
147
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGbgu_kr10-1413
Lake Development Authority
LDA394
KGIS tank map
1020
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302865/001
City lake monitoring site
110