Saul Kere Lake | Kaikondrahalli Bengaluru

  Save Saul Kere: Protect Bengaluru's Natural Flood Buffer Stop the Construction of an STP Inside Saul Kere Saul Kere is not vacant land. It is a critical flood-mitigation system for Bengaluru. We, the citizens, residents, environmentalists, scientists, birdwatchers and concerned citizens of Bengaluru, strongly oppose the construction of a large Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) within the lake and wetland area of Saul Kere (Sowl Kere). We support sewage treatment. We do not support putting major sewage infrastructure inside a natural lake and flood-storage system. Saul Kere performs a vital function that is becoming increasingly important as Bengaluru's rainfall becomes more intense and the city's natural drainage systems are progressively built over. Saul Kere sits at the bottom of a huge watershed. The lake receives water from a watershed of approximately 24 square kilometres , through a cascade of 13 interconnected lakes and water bodies . That means Saul Kere is not an iso...

  Understanding Saul Kere: A Lake, a Watershed and a Forgotten Water System The story of Saul Kere is not simply the story of a lake. It is the story of an entire landscape—and what happens when the natural pathways through which water has moved for generations are gradually forgotten, altered or obstructed. Saul Kere: More Than a Waterbody In the rapidly urbanising landscape of Bengaluru, lakes are often viewed as isolated waterbodies: a blue patch on a map, a recreational space, a piece of open land or, increasingly, a site for infrastructure. But a lake is never just a lake. Every lake exists within a larger system of slopes, valleys, streams, drains, wetlands, catchments and downstream waterbodies. Water does not recognise property boundaries, roads, layouts or municipal jurisdictions. It follows gravity and topography. Saul Kere is a powerful example of this relationship. To understand the lake—and particularly the flooding that affected the surrounding areas during the intens...