[ninjatalli]

Do any of the bangalore lakes have a walking/running track around it?

A good example of this is Seawoods Lake, next to Palm Beach road in Mumbai - they have a nice simple layout all around the lake; frequented by daily walkers/runners.





Screen grabs from Google Maps

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Kaikondanahalli Lake - Probably the best lake in Bangalore for bird watching.

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Do any of the bangalore lakes have a walking/running track around it?[/i]

Yes. Many of the lakes in Bangalore has that. Though, the tracks have eaten in to lake bed, having more people around acts as a catalyst in getting lake cleaned by public initiatives.

[Gany]

Great thread and somehow I had missed this earlier!
It is very unfortunate that urbanization and IT boom has make Bangalore a concrete jungle and dying/stinking/disappearing lakes!

Good to see that citizens have taken up cleaning/up keeping of lakes and maintaining it as bio diversity spot rather than purely recreational place! One such lake is definitely Kaikondanahalli Lake! Kudos to the initiatives, today it is one of the very active birding spot. I only hope that BBMP do not start boating in this place.

Recently I participated with some likeminded bngbirds folks on a water bird census and covered close to 12+ lakes around Kanakapura & Sarjapura road! While it was good to see copious rain filling the lakes/tanks, it was also disheartening to see the gross negligence of both citizens & civic bodies for the precious water bodies that are left!
Unless we bring back those lakes and interconnecting canals back, Bangalore will die its natural death may be in a decade if not earlier!
below link is a good source to lakes in Bangalore!
http://www.karnataka.gov.in/Parisara...Bangalore.aspx

Attaching a picture of Doddakannelli Lake

[Gany]

Few more pictures from different lakes...
Halanayakanahalli
Gattahalli
Huskur
Singena Agrahara
Agara
Bellandur
Begur
Kaikondanahalli