₹ 22.4 crore for the non-flowing lake

 Development of Shreegandha Kavalu Lake by Solid Waste Management Department

Shreegandha Kavalu lake: ₹ 22.4 crore for the non-flowing lake

Shreegandha Kavalu lake

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: Once upon a time it was thought that this lake would not survive. ₹22.4 crore is being spent on the Shreegandha Kavalu lake, which is little left due to the struggle of the locals. However, there is no way for water to flow through it.

Shreegandha Kavalu lake is being developed by BBMP Solid Waste Management Department. The solid waste management department (SWM) does have any link with lake development? that not known. However, SWM has undertaken the development works of Shrigandha Kavalu Lake, Hosakerahalli Lake, Mallattahalli Lakes under the 'Shubhra Bangalore' project.

 Due to the pressure of the citizens, many works including road construction work in Hoskerehalli lake have been stopped. The work of Mallattahalli lake is under the supervision of the High Court. However, the development work of Shreegandha Kavalu Lake will go on without any hindrance. The lake is a decorative area, without water flow.

 There are revenue records that there is Shreegandha Kavalu lake in 6 acres 33 gunte area out of Survey no. 15. Amma Bhagwan Seva Samiti Trust has encroached 7 gunte and about 3 gunte are encroached for the road. No encroachment has been cleared while developing the lake. Instead, construction of school, installation of Pure drinking water plants is done in lake yard. The canal of the Vrishabhavati valley which flows into the lake has been made to pass outside the Samiti Trust building and the school under construction.

 The developed Shreegandha Kavalu lake as such, it needs flow from land belonging to the Jaman Lal Bajaj Seva Trust adjacent to Lake. But, there is no canal there. If they build a full-scale building, not even a little water will come. The SWM lake has been developed under the 'Shubhra Bengaluru' project shows that private property as an inflow. When asked the contractor who is doing the work, he said, 'There are four borewells, we will fill the lake from them'.

The engineers who constructed the road in Hoskerehalli Lake held the posts of SWM and Lakes Division Engineers position. Those prepared the development plan of this lake. But they are all suspended now. However, the senior officials who have approved these projects are shirking their responsibility. To the question that the situation of Shreegandha Kavalu lake is like this?, 'We were not there, they were there. He has no information about the project. The demand of the locals is that an investigation should be conducted at the level of a special commissioner.

Shreegandha Kavalu lake inflow area from private land

 The lake is a 'Hi-Tech Park'

Already some miss leaded that there is no Shreegandha Kavalu lake. Had tried to make record that it was not a lake, but a only field. All the locals joined together and tried to save the lake. However, the entire area of the lake is not there. The encroachment has not been cleared. Water holding capacity is reduced. Beautification is prioritized. It has been made as a 'high-tech park' and the original existence of the lake has been lost. how the lake can survive without any inflow, Shobha Bhat, a local resident, questioned.

 Whose responsibility is it?

 There is confusion among the engineers as to why the Shreegandha Kavalu lake development project under BBMP went to the Solid Waste Management Department (SWM). SWM Lake has been developed under the 'Shubhra Bangalore' project. Then as a problem, go to the lakes section and come back to SWM. The previous officers have done it. We have come now, we have to check' are the words of the present officials. One is putting the onus on the other. However, the situation of the place itself is proof that crores of rupees have been spent unnecessarily here.

Aspects of lake development planning

•  * Building waste clearance
•  * Removal of silt in the lake
•  * Lake bank development
•  * Pavement construction
•  * Sewage water flow path change
•  * RCC Compound, Grill Fencing
•  * Inflow and outflow development
•  * Security guard room, rest area, toilets
•  * Yoga, gym facilities, toys for children
•  * Construction of Gazebo, implementation of gate- panels
•  * Installation of CC TV camera, lighting system on footpath
•  * Afforestation, borewell drilling, maintenance

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