Jaraganahalli Lake

Jaraganahalli Lake also called Yelachenahalli Lake in the southern part of Bangalore.the lake spread over an area of 6acres, by the reference of the survey map of 1904 clearly indicates the lake being for at least about 100 years old. A part of the lake was converted into a school playground for Jaraganahalli government school students in 1998. this lake is close to the other lakes such as Sarakki Lake and Annaiah Lake.

In 1999, the High Court had coordinated the state government not to change over the Jaraganahalli Tank into formats. The backwoods office was likewise requested to prevent the felling of trees. The court papers obtained by Deccan Chronicle uncover that not just the request enabling water to be gathered in the tank was damaged, yet nothing was done to avoid trash dumping and allowing sand lorries to be stopped on the tank bed. An individual from Save Yelachenahalli Lake battle Aleem said not simply hutments, even cottages have come up on the recent lake. "In the event that we pass by the guide, it plainly demonstrates the degree of the lake. The Storm Water Drain (SWD) likewise encroached. The earthenware plant to the development of flotsam and jetsam, each strategy was utilized to infringe the lake. Ample opportunity has already past to recover it," he included. Aleem has begun an online request requesting to recover the lake. Adjacent inhabitants guarantee the lake was an excursion spot during the 1970s and rushed by transient feathered creatures. Nonetheless, in 1995 it fell prey to the land mafias, some of whom even delighted in clerical positions over all the partisan loyalties. A. Bhanu was a solitary warrior in the mid-1990s, yet his endeavors to reestablish the lake were pointless. "The channels were blocked and sewage was let into it. Following a couple of years, the infringed region was changed over into a school play area and a ghetto came upon the rest of the zone. In 2008, the LDA designer examined the lake and left leaving the water body to its state," Bhanu included. Dishaank is a Karnataka government application from the Revenue Department. It gives land subtleties crosswise over Karnataka. The pictures show the Jaraganahalli water body as a tank in the satellite pictures alongside study numbers. The play area is additionally a piece of the lake. A structure likewise has been built on the lake bed. On Tuesday when we achieved the spot to take photos of the infringement we were ceased by the lorry drivers and individuals associated with the sand business. The neighborhood activists said that they also have confronted dangers and terrorizing at whatever point they needed to take up the issue.