{"id":102515,"date":"2026-05-08T13:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102515"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:44:32","slug":"ulsoor-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ulsoor-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulsoor Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ulsoor Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Ulsoor Lake has been drained and the desilting process has been taken up after more than three decades, lake conservation activists have taken objection to the lakebed being desilted by only 0.6 metres, arguing that it is insufficient.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ulsoor Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ulsoor Lake, also known as <\/span><b>Halasuru Lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>man-made lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in <\/span><b>Bangalore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Karnataka.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest and oldest lake in the entire city of Bangalore.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>built by Kempe Gowda II<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>founder of Bangalore, in 1648<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and named after the nearby village of Halsur or Alasur.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was later <\/span><b>renovated by Sir Lewin Bentham Bowring, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><b> commissioner of Bangalore, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>1862 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and renamed as Ulsoor after the anglicized version of Halsur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of 123.6 acres and has a maximum depth of 18 feet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>irregular shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that r<\/span><b>esembles a map of India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>seven islands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are <\/span><b>connected by bridges.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a garden at one end of the lake known as <\/span><b>Kensington Park. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/ulsoor-lake-is-being-desilted-by-only-06-metres-activists-argue-it-is-too-little\/article70951956.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulsoor Lake is a man-made lake located in Bangalore, Karnataka. 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