Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Coconut plantation, Godown & NICE road

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vaddarapalya Lake

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

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Size in the 2018 survey
4.20 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2017
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1926 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1925 to 2026.
  1. 1925

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

  4. 2017

    Gone by 2017, says the 2018 lake survey

    4.20 acres surveyed

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2022

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

  6. 2025-2026

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

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

How big it is

2018 lake survey
4.20 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Coconut plantation, Godown & NICE road
Filled in by

Private owners and government agencies

Around it in 2018

Houses, coconut plantation, godown & NICE road

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

51% built, 26% trees, 13% shrubs, 6% grass, 4% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 150MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.7 km away, treats 150 million litres a day

What lives here

Birds recorded
24 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, White-breasted Waterhen and Indian Pond-Heron.

50 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
24 species

50 records, all in 2024

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 51
Subramanyapura

ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

Village
Vaddarapalya

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

7

Height above sea level
862 m
Coordinates

12.9127° N, 77.5322° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHvdp_kr1-1379