‘Sankey Tank is Dying’: No longer just a lake issue, say environmental groups against unscientific developments
Residents and civic groups in Bengaluru are campaigning to save Sankey Tank from unscientific developments that threaten its survival. They highlight issues such as concretisation, sewage inflow, and the disruption of natural hydrology. The campaign calls for immediate action to address water quality and halt construction activities around the lake.
- ▪Environmental groups warn that Bengaluru could lose Sankey Tank due to unscientific development.
- ▪The lake's water level is depleting because of increased concretisation and disruption of feeder channels.
- ▪Citizen groups demand an independent water quality audit and a halt to construction activities around the lake.
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Warning that Bengaluru could lose another major lake to “unscientific development”, residents and civic groups on Sunday (May 24, 2026) held a campaign to save Sankey Tank, highlighting years of concretisation, sewage inflow, shrinking water spread and ecologically damaging works that have pushed the water body into visible decline. Under the banner of the “Save Sankey Tank”, citizen groups accused authorities of altering lake’s natural hydrology through poorly planned interventions that they said now threaten not only the lake’s survival but also groundwater recharge in surrounding areas, including Sadadhivanagar, Malleshwaram and Rajmahal Vilas.
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