The Lake Development Authority was instituted in 2002 to preserve and maintain lakes in Karnataka. An action plan was approved to survey lakes, remove encroachments, install fences, stop pollution inflows, and strengthen and rejuvenate lakes. Progress has been made with over 100 lakes developed by different agencies. 16 projects are assisted by the National Lake Conservation Plan, with 11 completed. However, many lakes remain polluted and face issues like encroachment, choked drains, and conversion to dry lakes. The Authority has limitations due to pending legislation and lack of resources.

1. Lake Development Authority
Bangalore
Dr. Ravi Ralph IFS
Chief Executive Officer

2. About the Institution and scope:
Instituted as a Society in 2002
Preservation and maintenance of all
lakes in the metropolitan areas in
Karnataka.
For sake of convenience and closer
monitoring lakes distributed in the
custody of various departments.

3. Progress in Lake Development
The Action plan approved by the Hon’ble
High Court of Karnataka Committee provides
for :
Survey and demarcation of the lake.
Eviction of encroachment if any.
Installing boundary fence.
Stop the inflow of raw pollution into the lake.
Strengthening the basic structures of the lake.
De-silting, de-weeding, laying of embankments
and rejuvenation of lakes

4. Accordingly following progress:
BBMP - 55 lakes - 21 lakes developed
BDA - 123 lakes - 12 lakes developed
KFD - 5 lakes - 1 lake developed
LDA - 4 lakes - 3 lakes developed

5. 16 NLCP assisted Lake Development projects.
11 NLCP projects are completed.
Lake prioritization list prepared according to
NLCP guidelines.
Technical Committee scrutinizes the DPRs before
submission.
Collection of GPS readings for all the water bodies
in Bangalore district is in progress and GPS
readings for about 500 lakes have been collected.
Digitization of lakes as per Revenue records is
planned.
Basic data of all the lakes are being established.

6. Concerns
Lakes in Bangalore extremely polluted.
Bellandur lake

7. Biratena Agrahara lake

8. Storm water drains either
choked, encroached or diverted
Ibbalur

9. Jaraganahalli

10. Challakere lake

11. Diverted Rajkaluve
At Agara lake

12. At Madivala lake

13. Large scale encroachment of lakes
Singasandra lake

14. Konappana Agrahara lake

15. Kodagi Singasandra lake

16. Kacharakanahalli lake

17. Kacharakanahalli lake

18. Kacharakanahalli lake

19. Preservation of breached lakes
Malathalli lake

20. Kelaginakere Byrasandra lake

21. Conversion to dry lakes
Subedaranakere lake

22. Subedaranakere lake

23. Limitations of LDA
Draft KLDA Bill pending
Resource inaccessibility

24. Thank you