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Hesaraghatta Lake was once a major source of drinking water for the city that died a slow death in 1998 due to over exploitation of groundwater in the region and dumping of sewage and debris in ...

Located 18 km from Bengaluru, Hesaraghatta Lake was built across the Arkavathi River to meet the drinking water requirements of Bengaluru city way back in 1894.

Govinda Raju, village panchayat member, Hesaraghatta, agrees with him. "All the borewells in the 35km radius of the lake get recharged every time it fills.

The Hesaraghatta lake was built by the Dewan of Mysore state in 1894. It was Bangalore?s main source of water till it started drying up in the early 1990s. Silting, deforestation and providing water ...

Hesaraghatta Lake, which spreads over 900 acres, had received 10 feet of water following heavy rainfall recently. This was the only lake from where waster was sourced to the city before 1970.

“The Hesaraghatta grasslands and Hesaraghatta lake have the potential to become to Bengaluru what the Catskill Mountains are to New York City,” Goenka tells Lounge.

BWSSB plans to develop Hesaraghatta lake after meeting with farmers, focusing on increasing storage capacity and preserving ecosystem. May 30, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

An official said treatment of the waste water was necessary as stormwater from the ponds, located upstream, drains into the Hesaraghatta lake. Chiranjeevi Kulkarni Last Updated : 28 June 2024, 22: ...

The grasslands on the catchment area of Hesaraghatta Lake host diverse species and provide essential ecosystem services, particularly as an important grazing ground for livestock, the ...