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Yelahanka Lake is a water body near
Yelahanka Yelahanka is a premium locality in North Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka. One of the zones of BBMP. It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northe ...
, a suburb of
Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
.


Location

This lake located at
Yelahanka Yelahanka is a premium locality in North Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka. One of the zones of BBMP. It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northe ...
and very near to Puttenahalli Lake which was rejuvenated to along with Yelahanka Lake in 2018.


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 Yelahanka is a premium locality in North Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka. One of the zones of BBMP. It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northe ...
. The lake was overflowing threatening to flood the buildings nearby Rejuvenation was planned in 2010 when S. K. Nataraj (then Mayor) visited Allalsandra, Yelahanka and Atturu Lakes. A Necklace road connecting
Yelahanka Yelahanka is a premium locality in North Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka. One of the zones of BBMP. It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northe ...
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. However rejuvenation was realised in 2019 at a cost of Rs 18 crore, a 6 km jogging track, sitout areas and many varieties of plants were put up. 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 The water holding capacity of the lake has been increased by desilting, the groundwater table in the surrounding areas have improved and dependency on
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water came down.


Boat ride

Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation Karnataka, the sixth largest state in India, was ranked as the third most popular state in the country for tourism in 2014. It is home to 507 of the 3600 centrally protected monuments in India, second only to Uttar Pradesh. The State D ...
(KSTDC) initiated boat ride at Yelahanka lake after the water body was handed over by
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. It was the fourth largest Municipal Corporation in India and ...
(BBMP) in 2019. 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


Further reading

* {{Citation , title=Landscapes of Necessity. Re-Envisioning Productive Urban Landscapes. A Community-Based Design Studio in Yelahanka, Bangalore, India , date=2019 , url=https://issuu.com/akisec/docs/landscapes_of_necessity-productive_landscapes-2019 , postscript=. via Issuu , editor-last=Diehl , editor-first=Jessica Ann , others=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 , publisher=Master of Landscape Architecture Programme, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore , isbn=978-981-14-1878-5 Lakes of Bengaluru