Yelahanka Lake

Yelahanka Lake
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Location	Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Coordinates	13°06′41″N77°35′43″E / 13.11139°N 77.59528°E / 13.11139; 77.59528
Type	Perennial lake
Primary inflows	Puttenahalli Lake [1]
Primary outflows	Jakkur Lake
Built	≈1904 [2]
Max. length	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Max. width	600 m (2,000 ft)
Surface area	310 acres (130 ha) [2]
Max. depth	6 m (20 ft) [3]
Surface elevation	895 m (2,936 ft)
Islands	2

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Yelahanka Lake

  

Yelahanka Lake and vicinity

Yelahanka Lake is a water body near Yelahanka, a suburb of Bangalore. ^{[1] [4]}

Location

This lake located at Yelahanka and very near to Puttenahalli Lake which was rejuvenated to along with Yelahanka Lake in 2018. ^{[5] [6]}

Rejuvenation

The lake was highly polluted and emanated foul smell because of discharge of industrial effluents and sewerage water & garbage. It had even contaminated the groundwater table. People living in the low-lying areas were forced to clear the drain water that had entered their house during continuous downpour in Yelahanka. The lake was overflowing threatening to flood the buildings nearby ^[7] Rejuvenation was planned in 2010 when S. K. Nataraj (then Mayor) visited Allalsandra, Yelahanka and Atturu Lakes. A Necklace road connecting Yelahanka with the Airport road stretch at a cost of Rs 54 crore. A water fountain and a bird watching island in the centre of the lake, also a Toy train around the lake was planned at a cost of 60 crore. ^[8] However rejuvenation was realised in 2019 at a cost of Rs 18 crore, ^[9] a 6 km jogging track, sitout areas and many varieties of plants were put up. ^[10] Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP's) Yelahanka a musical fountain, gym facilities and sculptures around Yelahanka and Allasandra Lakes. The lake had received Rs 315 crore under Chief Minister's Nava Nagarothana scheme for taking up about 65 works pertaining to the lakes ^[11] The water holding capacity of the lake has been increased by desilting, the groundwater table in the surrounding areas have improved and dependency on Cauvery water came down.

Boat ride

Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) initiated boat ride at Yelahanka lake after the water body was handed over by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2019. ^[12]

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with private firms organized a massive plantation drive at the Yelahanka Lake with volunteers planting of thousand saplings. The drive is part of 'Wake the Lake' campaign which focuses on rejuvenating dying lakes. Palike officials said the initiative aims at sensitizing the community living around the lake and mobilize their efforts to revive the lake.

Administration

This Lake is a part of Yelahanka Ward, Yelahanka Zone, Yelahanka division and Yelahanka sub-division

References

1. Padhi, Siddhartha; Akash, Manju; Jalali, Urvashi; Dhruve, Parina (2020). "Accelerating the SDGs. Puttenahalli Lakes as Urban Commons, Bangalore, India" (PDF). Local Challenge Project 2020. Local Project Challenge 2020 is a partnership between the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and the Faculty of Architecture, Federa University, Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2021.
2. Inventorisation of Water Bodies in Bengaluru Metropolitan Area (BMA), vol. 2: Lake Database and Atlas (Part-1: Bengaluru North Taluk), Funded by Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA), Centre for Lake Conservation (CLC), Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) (Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka), March 2018, pp. 460, 707
3. (Final Report) Inventorisation of Water Bodies in Bengaluru Metropolitan Area (BMA), vol. 1, Submitted to Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA), Centre for Lake Conservation (CLC), Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) (Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka), March 2018, pp. 72, 101
4. Raj, Arpita (3 July 2018). "Soon, you can glide around on boats in Yelahanka Lake". Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
5. "Yelahanka's Puttenahalli lake to be rejuvenated soon". The Hindu. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
6. Rajan, Arjun (29 January 2019). "Yelahanka's dry lake to get a new life soon". Citizen Matters. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
7. "Yelahanka lake unsafe for surrounding residents, but BBMP's still dragging its feet". asianet newsable. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
8. "RS 104-crore plan to revive Yelahanka Lake". Deccan Herald. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
9. "Bengaluru: Yelahanka lake gets new lease of life". Deccan Chronicle. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
10. Fathima, Iffath. "All aboard: boat rides start at Yelahanka lake". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
11. Menezes, Naveen (6 June 2020). "Palike puts the Yella in Yelahanka's two lakes". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
12. Gangadhar, Nikhil (3 July 2018). "Yelahanka Lake! Tourist hub in making". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

Further reading

• Diehl, Jessica Ann, ed. (2019), Landscapes of Necessity. Re-Envisioning Productive Urban Landscapes. A Community-Based Design Studio in Yelahanka, Bangalore, India, Studio Team: Vinamra Agarwal, Bao Lixia, Chen Beifei, Dong Yitong, Jiang Jiahang, Eingeel Jafar Khan, Li Ziheng, Toh Zi Gui, Shanika Tuinder, Yu Xi, Radha Waykool, Master of Landscape Architecture Programme, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, ISBN   978-981-14-1878-5. via Issuu