{"id":127305,"date":"2026-10-03T14:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127305"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:35:32","slug":"hebbal-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hebbal-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebbal Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hebbal Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid the concern raised by environmentalists and opposition on the impact of tunnel road on Hebbal Lake and 1,000-plus trees on the tank bed and surroundings, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is all set to begin work on the 2.28-km short tunnel project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hebbal Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> man-made lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in the <\/span><b>northern part of Bengaluru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Karnataka.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is o<\/span><b>ne of the oldest, largest,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and most ecologically prominent urban waterbodies in Bengaluru.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of around 150 acres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake was <\/span><b>created by Kempe Gowda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>founder of Bangalore,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>1537<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the three lakes that were created by him.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>formed by damming natural valley systems <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the <\/span><b>construction of bunds, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just as most other lakes and tanks were created within the Bangalore region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, Hebbal Lake had lost its splendor owing to <\/span><b>water pollution, poor maintenance, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and lack of mass awareness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>restored at a great budget in the late 1900s,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> two artificial islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were also created to develop a sustainable ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>seasonal lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>dries up in the summer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and regains its glory along with the monsoon rains every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to several birds, including<\/span><b> migratory birds.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the birds you can spot in this lake are <\/span><b>Baillon\u2019s Crake, Crested Serpent Eagle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, River Tern, Spot-billed pelican, Eurasian spoonbill, Shoveller, Pintail, Little grebe, Coot, Indian Spot-billed duck, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/cities\/bengaluru\/2026\/Oct\/03\/bda-no-harm-to-hebbal-lake-1072-trees-to-be-shifted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebbal Lake is a man-made lake situated in the northern part of Bengaluru in Karnataka. 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