Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vaderahalli Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Vaderahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
4.24 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches
Rank by size
1062nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
5% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1958, 1960 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1959

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 10% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    8% of its water area has since gone dry; 28% is new water

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

    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

    Muddy, 9.85 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 87% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 13% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 41% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 59% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
4.24 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

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Land records
9.85 acres

About 5.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
9.85 acres

About 5.6 football pitches

See source
End to end
223 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1 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
Muddy
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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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2231.877.242635613942.62.4163.80.224350
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.68 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

C o nstruction debris & garbage waste

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Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

66% built, 18% crops, 11% trees, 4% shrubs, 2% grass, 0.7% 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
To be developed
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City zone
Yelahanka
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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
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Medi Agrahara S

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Catchment
1.7 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, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vidyaranyapura Sewage Treatment Plant

3.0 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Eastern Barn Owl.

3 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
1 species

3 records, all in 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, settlement

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Vaderahalli

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

32

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Height above sea level
917 m
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Coordinates

13.0948° N, 77.5412° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
201
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHvdr_kr1-329
Lake Development Authority
LDA453
KGIS tank map
805
City lake monitoring site
82