BENGALURU: If the state government follows what it preaches on the demolition of all encroachment on tank beds, will the first building to come down be its own office on Queens Road - Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) constructed on Miller Tank bed?
What will be the fate of bustling Majestic bus stand which has risen on the famous Kempambudhi lake, or, for that matter, Kanteerava stadium, built on Sampangiramanagar lake? The government has ploughed in crores of rupees to expand Majestic bus stand and in recent times, the Namma Metro inter-change in the Majestic area. Will government earthmovers level the brand new interchange?
Malleswaram MLA S. Suresh Kumar, enjoying the government’s predicament - it has little choice but to follow the Supreme Court directive - says “when the government itself has erred, what moral justification does it have to bulldoze homes built by the tax-paying lower and middle class.” Millers Lake, incidentally was a thriving waterbody as late as 1988,
when residents of the area recall how it overflowed that year and they had to be ferried to safety on rubber boats. The prominent landmark residential development National Games Village is also built on a tank bed. No sign of any earthmovers there yet!!
Landmarks that stand on lakes
- 1. Marenahalli Lake – Marenahalli Layout
- 2. Sarakki Agrahara Lake/Doresanipalya - JP Nagar 4th Phase
- 3. Chinnagara Lake - Ejipura
- 4. Challaghatta Lake - Karnataka Golf Association
- 5. Domulur Lake - Domlur Second Stage
- 6. Siddapura Lake - Siddapura/Jayanagar 1st Block,
- 7. Geddalahalli Lake - RMV 2nd Stage, 1st Block
- 8. Nagashettihalli Lake - RMV 2nd Stage, 2nd Block
- 9. Kadirenahalli Lake - Banashankari 2nd Stage,
- 10.Tyagarajanagar Lake - Tyagarajanagar
- 11. Tumkur Lake - Mysore Lamps
- 12. Ramshetty Palya kere - Milk Colony (Playground)
- 13. Agasana Lake - Gayathri Devi Park
- 14. Ketamaranahalli Lake - Rajajinagar (Mahalakshmipuram)
- 15. Gangashetty Lake - Minerva Mills & Open ground
- 16. Jakraya Lake - Krishna Floor Mills
- 17. Dharmambudhi Lake - Kempegowda Bus Terminal
- 18. Agarahar hosakere - Cheluvadipalya
- 19. Kalasipalya Lake - Kalasipalya
- 20. Sampangi Lake - Kanteerava Stadium
- 21. Shule Tank - Ashok nagar, Football Stadium
- 22. Akkitimmanahalli Tank - Sai Hockey Stadium
- 23. Sunkal Tank - KSRTC Regional workshop
- 24. Koramangala Lake - National Dairy Research Institute
- 25. Kodihalli Lake - New Tippasandra/Government Buildings
- 26. Hoskere - Residential Railway Stockyard
- 27. Sonnenehalli Lake - Austin Town (RES Colony)
- 28. Gokula Tank - Mattikere
- 29. Vidyaranya pura lake - Vidyaranaya pura/(Jalhalli East)
- 30. Kadugondanahalli Lake - Kadugondanahalli
- 31. Hennur Lake - Nagavara (HBR Layout)
- 32. Banaswadi Lake - Subbayapalya Extention
- 33. Chennasandra Lake - Pulla Reddy Layout
- 34. Vijinapura Lake (Kotturu) - Rajarajeshwai Layout
- 35. Murugeshpalya Lake - Murugeshpalya
- 36. Parangipalya Lake - HSR Layout
- 37. Mestriplaya Lake - Mestriplaya (Open Ground)
- 38. Timeryard Lake - Timeryard Layout
- 39. Gangodanhalli Lake - Gangodanhalli
- 40. Vijayanagar Chord Road Lake - Vijayanagar
- 41. Oddarapalaya Lake - Rajajinagar (Industrial Area)
- 42. Saneguruvanahalli Lake - Shivanahalli (Play Ground)/ KSPCB Buildings
- 43. Kurubarahalli Lake – Basaveshwaranagar Layout
BDA developed layouts on tankbed
- Banashankari 3rd stage layout
- HAL 3rd stage layout
- RMV 2nd layout
- HSR layout
- HSR 1st stage layout
- HBR 1st stage layout
- East of NGEF layout
- HRBR 1st block layout
- ST bed layout in Koramangala
- BTM 6th stage layout
- Nagarabhavi 2nd stage 13th block layout
- Banashankari 6th stage 4th H block layout
