Bellanduru is 2,500 years old!!

srinidhi - 22-OCT-2011

Was very surprised to read about the history of Bellandur lake in The Hindu the other day..

The little village of Bellanduru, around which the suburb has grown, has a history that dates back 2,500 years. One of the annual reports of the Archaeological Survey of Mysore State talks of ancient Iron Age tombs discovered on the lake bund.

Lake development - Sankey Tank example

psaram42 - 7-OCT-2011

Bellandur Lake Bed - Land fill activity in full swing!?

silkboard - 3-MAY-2011

Massive land fill operation seems to be on in the Bellandur Lake bed area. Marking the exact location on the map below.

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Bicycle Lanes in Bellandur ward

Sivaprasad Valappil - 12-APR-2011

I just joined Praja group and am excited to be part of it!   At my area (Bellandur , Sarjapur Outer Ring Road), we have formed a cyclists group and we are planning to request for bicycle lanes on roads. It will be of great help if someone can provide me some directions / guidelines if they have done it before on their area . Thanks a lot! 

Kaggadasapura Lake Encorachment - Commendable work Mr. Mayor

psaram42 - 11-JUN-2010

From a newspaper report last week:

“Bangalore: Mayor S K Nataraj conducted a surprise inspection of Kaggadasapura lake on Wednesday and ordered for the immediate clearance/demolition of a road that was built across the lake. After the inspection, mayor said: “It was an informal visit to C V Nagar assembly constituency where I was alerted by the local MLA about the the construction of a road in midst of the lake. Instructions have been given to demolish the road and clear theencroachments.” 

Further

" ... Kaggadasapura lake is spread across 46 acres of land. While MLA S Raghu said he will fund Rs 75 lakh for fencing of the lake area, mayor vowed Rs 3.75 lakh for upgradation of the lake. Nataraj also visited Benniganahalli lake and Hosakere lake during his visit.”

Bellandur Lake Fencing

pravn1984 - 19-MAR-2010

 Today, while passing by bellandur tank bund road, I noticed that the lake was being fenced.

There were two sets of fencing being done. One on the boundary of the lake - on one side of the road, and the other on the opposite side of the road. I did not have a camera( camera phone) to take the pics.( will try to do the same in my next visit or some other praja can fill on the same).

I am presuming this is part of this  project of chain link fencing a host of lakes in city.

I checked the tenders for the same has been  already awarded ( can be checked in this site 

 eproc.karnataka.gov.in . So, probably this activity has started for other lakes also.

This is atleast a start in improving/cleaning/maintaining this lake.  However, one thing to worry about is there is no plan of green belt for bellandur lake.  There seems to be no space earmarked for the same either. 

Lakes and Land Use

psaram42 - 14-MAR-2010

 India has a total land area of 328 Million Hectare (MH), out of which 162 MH have already come in to cultivation. This is a high percentage of 51% of the total land of the country. The forest and natural vegetation area is about 19.25%, which is less than an optimum of about 33.33%. Photographic proof from satellite imaginary seems to have proved this beyond doubt. Forest (green) is important for keeping the CO2 balance in the atmosphere.

Questions about Bellandur Lake

akhileshmak - 9-JAN-2010

hey u all users der pls reply.......i have 4 questions on bellandur lake it would be really good if you

BBMP lake info website!

vinod_shankar - 7-DEC-2009

BBMP has launched a website containing the data base of all the lakes within the BBMP limits.    There are a total of 196 lakes listed, along with classification like dry, clean, polluted etc with accompanying pictures.   Its a first step i beleive in saving our lakes..

88-Clear Water

4-Defence control

6-Desilting under progress

Bellandur Lake - Huge (Wet) Land filling in progress!

psaram42 - 17-SEP-2009

Road Side Land Fill example -1

Road Side Land Fill example -2