BNPura Lake

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B.Narayanapura (BNPura, Bangalore) Lake Development and Tree Plantation Group.   [Created & maintained by Mekala V Reddy]

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•      BNPura Lake Team 
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• Refer:  Plants & their uses | Agri Tools | 

• Few Quotes on Nature: "Interact with nature to reduce stress " 
• “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
• "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
• "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
• "Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
• "Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."
• "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you."
• "Colors are the smiles of nature."
• “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
• “Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.”
• “Tree: I clean the Air You Breathe, I can do that for your Children too, if you let me live”

BNPura Lake in 2020

  

  

BNPura Lake Development:

Lake in B. Narayanapura, Mahadevapura, Bangalore development started in year 2017 by BBMP. Residents of near by planted ~280  tree's around lake's walking track (both sides) in year 2018 and taking care of them - Watering, Securing with fencing, Re-planting.

Blog is developed by Mekala V Reddy who is part of Lake development core team. Share info / snaps to upload.

• Year 2019: Corporation water line is laid to Lake, plastic pipe purchased to water the plants
• Year 2018: Planted of 270+ tree's by a Group of 150+ members to farm, watering of plants. 
• Year 2017: Lake Development...

Team of ~20 members taking care of BNPura Lake (plantation, maintenance) from year 2016/17 onwards, till 2025.

List of Key stakeholders: (update Mekala Reddy to add here)
Pratap Singh                        Mekala Reddy                     Vishwanath
Jayaram                               Venkata Ratna                     Sreekanth Reddy M
Sudhakar                             Mahesh                                BalaSubramanium
Prasad                                 Veeru                                   Murthy
Santosh Agarrwal            Mallikarjuna                       Raaju

Mekala V Reddy

Prathap Singh

Veeru M M

Mahesh

Prasad V with Son

Raaju

Santosh Ji, Mahesh, Mekala Reddy, Murali, Prathap Singh, Sudhakar

Feb '22

Type of Plants on BNPura Lake bed:

Indian Beach Tree (करंज, హొంగె, కానుగ, புன்னை )	Plumeria – चंपा ;
Neem Tree’s (नीम, ಬೇವು, వేపచెట్టు, வேம்பு)	Indian Borage ( Vamu, Dodda Patre, Karpooravalli)
Peepal (Budda)Tree (, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ , రావి చెట్టు, அரசமரம்)	Aloe Vera (கற்றாழை - ~20 no's
Banyan tree's (बरगद का पेड़, ಆಲದ ಮರ, మర్రి చెట్టు, ஆலமரம்)	Flower plants... ~200 no's
Black Plum / Jamun (  ক'লা জামু, ನೇರಳೆ, నేరేడు, நாவல் பழம்)	Tomato - 10 plants
Arjuna tree ( matthimara, మద్ది, மருது)	Bottle Guard - 20 no's
Sesbania grandiflora / Agati (  अगस्ति,  ಅಗಸೆ, అవిసె, agati  ) - ~50 no's	Sweet Potato ;
Drumstick plants (सहजन, ನುಗ್ಗೆಕಾಯಿ, మునగకాయ, முருங்கை) - ~200 no's	Hibiscus  ( गुडहल ) ;
Mango Tree's (आम, మామిడి,) - 50 no's                        Jackfruit plant- 2 no's	Nerium oleander – कनेर
Tamarind Tree's ( इमली का पेड़. ಹುಣಿಸೆ ಮರ, చింత చెట్టు, புளிப்பு மரம்) - ~50 no's	Tapioca - 6 no's Guava - 2 no's

Lemon plants                  Papaya                           Custard Apple           Onion: 200 grams 
Wild Cherry Tree's - Grown near Seating area !!
Arka-Giant MilkWeed (Gilledu in Telugu)
Portia Tree (Gangiravi chettu in Telugu)

Lake activities priority list - (prepared in Feb 2019)
1. Tree numbering & Name of Plant - Numbering done in Mar 19. Numbering yet to..
2. Fencing for Gaps and gates. via BBMP or Sponsor : yet to..
3. PVC piping around the lake for watering the trees.: yet to..
4. Cleaning and Replanting : Cleaning in-progress & replanting during rainy season 
5. Dust bins 4 to 6. , via BBMP : yet to..
6. Watchman for Lake / Plants , via BBMP : yet to..
7. Plant adoption , after plant numbering, Adopted people can plant flower/creepers !!
8. Walk way lighting all around , via BBMP
9. Room for tools and security and Toilet for ladies and gents, via BBMP
10. Repairing walk way. via BBMP
11. Inside cleaning of the lake and making an Island.. via BBMP
12. Sewage water needs to be blocked before entering the lake. The drainage is only for rain water and not for residential sewage.

BNPura Lake development Plans:

When it comes to developing a lake, there are so many factors to consider, like preserve the natural beauty and ecosystem of the area. At BNPura Lake, we take this responsibility seriously. Since the inception of our blog, we have documented the progress of our lake development projects. From improving the fishing experience to adding more hiking trails, we want everyone to enjoy the beauty of our lake. One project we are particularly proud of is our effort to reduce pollution in the lake. We have also partnered with local businesses to reduce their impact on the lake, as well. Another aspect of our lake development is creating more opportunities for education. We have invited local schools to come and learn about the ecosystem of the lake, and what we can all do to preserve it. We believe that education is the key to creating a more sustainable future for our lake. Overall, the development of BNPura Lake is an ongoing process. We are committed to preserving the natural beauty of the area while creating a more enjoyable experience for visitors. Keep following our blog to see what new development projects we have in store!

Plantation of trees is a crucial step towards preserving the beauty of BNpura Lake. As a lake blog enthusiast, I am thrilled to share about the importance of planting trees around the lake. Trees play a significant role in the environment as they absorb pollutants and provide oxygen. Planting trees also helps in reducing soil erosion and prevents the sediments from getting into the water, thereby maintaining the water quality.

At BNpura Lake, we have initiated a plantation drive where we encourage individuals and groups to come together and plant trees around the lake. It is heartening to see people from all walks of life come together to make a positive impact on the environment. From fruit trees to ornamental plants, we are being careful to choose the correct species that would thrive in the region.

As we plant more trees, wildlife such as birds and small animals will find a natural habitat in the surrounding area. It also adds beauty to the landscape, making it a serene and tranquil environment that one can admire for hours on end.

Lake activities priority list - (prepared in Feb 2019)

1. Tree numbering & Name of Plant - Once Numbering done in Mar 19 by Mekala Reddy
2. Fencing for Gaps and gates. via BBMP or Sponsor : yet to..
3. PVC piping around the lake for watering the trees.: yet to..
4. Cleaning and Replanting : Keeping clean & planted ~600 tree's, incl. flower plants - Oct '21
5. Dust bins 4 to 6. , via BBMP : Temporary ones done / 
6. Watchman for Lake / Plants , via BBMP : yet to.. >> Home Guard given in 2H, 2020 onwards
7. Plant adoption , after plant numbering, Adopted people can plant Develop them!!
8. Gate for entry & Exit : >> Done by collecting contributions of ~INR 40,000 in Sep 2020
9. Walk way lighting all around , via BBMP
10. Room for tools and security and Toilet for ladies and gents, via BBMP
11. Repairing walk way. via BBMP >> Pending !! We (team) did repair work in year 2019 :) 
12. Lake (Inside) cleaning and making an Island.. via BBMP
13. Sewage water should be blocked or cleaned before entering the lake.
14. Around lake cleaning: Done once as part of Gandhi Jayanti celeb's on 02 Oct '21 by Satya Sai Trust & Lake team.

  
13 Jun '20: Covered S-W corner entry for un-authorised things (Vehicles & Cows , also stray tree-cutters) with strong Wood branches. (Thanks to Murali, Prathap, Santosh ji, Veeru, Raaju, Ratna, Vishwanath and my self (Mekala Reddy) 👍💐🌲)

12th Jun '20: Happy to say, we planted 110 tree's (Indian beach, 2 Mango) today , 6:50 - 9:30am !!

Plants sponsor: Vishwanath Mutagi

Supported in Planting: Murali, Swati, Jayaram, Prathap, Santosh ji, Mourya .....off-course me - Mekala V Reddy 😉🌲🌲🌲🌴

11th Jun '20:  updates: Planted below , Thanks to Murali, PRathap, Jayaram garu.

     - Two peepul tree's

     - 10 Papaya plants

     - 15 chilli plants

     Fencing & other works !!

10th Jun '20: 10th Jun updates: PLanted few flower stems and did corn, sun flower & horse Gram seeding in Me-Na garden 

9th Jun '20: Good, finally done below, today:

1. Seven metal guards (above pic) fixed to tree's wherever required 

2. 20% of Me-Na garden planted with sunfloer, Corn and Horse gram today.

Thanks for the support Boys: Murali, Veeru, Prathap, Santhosh, Jayaram, Mourya & Raaju :)

              Girls: Sarvin 💃

7th Jun '20: Great team work & contribution to "fencing complet service road side"- Lakes , Plantation and protection of Public Parks 👏👏Let's continue to do the fence in other Gaps in the coming days 💐

6th Jun '20: North Side garden area (25%) mixed today and will plant seeds tomorrow or post rain 😉🌲

Thanks to Jayaram, Prathap Ji for supporting👏👏

Santhosh Ji, Thank you for calling BBMP people to clean the walking track area 👏👏💐 Looks good now 😉

4th Jun '20: Planted 9 papaya plants and few chilli plants today. Thanks to Raaju & Prathap ji for supporting.  👍

3rd Jun '20: Good work today:

1. Fencing of new Garden almost complete - Thanks to Raaju, Jayaram sir & Murali

2. Seeding in new Garden - 4 lines - Thanks to Swaati 

3. Digging some area in New Garden 👍💐💐

2nd Jun '20: Today, we planted below, thanks to Vish-Mutagi, Jayaram, Raaji, Swaati for supporting 👍😉👏👏🌲🌴

1. Lemon tree (2 ft hight) in new Garden

2. Indian Beach Tree's (15 no's) - South side of the lake area

3. Tamarind seeds - 25 no's

and fixed the walk side bricks near Kids play area

Mar '20: Lake dried (no water), using both bore wells to water plants.... Fencing is still pending

29th May '20: Thank you one & All. Good progress today: 👏👍🌲🌴

1. Planting of Lemon & pomegranate tree's in new Garden

2. Cementing the Bricks in newly repaired places - Thanks for Veeru for sponsoring Cement

3. Veg (Corn, SunFlower & HarseGram) in two (old) gardens - Thanks To Swati for working....

and off-course cleaning the plastic & waste plants by Vish-Mutagi 👏👏

25th May '20: Good work for ~20 trees 👍👏👏🌲🌴🌴

Special thanks to Murali, Prathap, Vishwanath, SantoshJi 😉👏

 - warm regards - Mekala V Reddy 💐

Feb '20: Lake group got ownership of new Borewell
Dec '19: Lake group given request letter to corporator with list of development activities.
28th Sept '19: Watering to newly planted 110 plants + Fence fixing in Sounth side
27th Sept '19: BBMP planted 110 plants, newly :) 
26th Sept '19: BBMP folks cleaned the walking area !!
25th Sept '19: T Invited local corporater-Suresh babu to Lake area & given list of requirements -
24th Sept '19: Thanks Team - Veeru, Santosh Ji, Balasubramanian, Pratap
Great Day, we planted 50+ Tree's today: ~30 Mango, 5 Papaya, 20 Gangireni, 1 Badam, 2 Jamoon

Plus 25+ beans & CowPie seeds.....🌲🌴🌴
22nd Sept '19: B Narayanpura Lake need 2-4 dustbin's, Bathroom  & Fencing net(grill, jali) & trees guard or every person walking the lake adopt at-least tree all types help trees !!
  Adopted Tree's by:
 Mekala Reddy (5), Veeru (5), Murali Krishna (2), RajKiran (2) , Ravikanth (2), Ramesh Kuland* (2), Subhash (10),
21st Sept '19: 4 Benches fixing work & Fence work
15th Sept '19: Mega Tree Plantation Drive on Sunday 15, 2019 at Gourakshan Shala, Mahadevapura, Bangalore.

July 2019 Snaps:
14th July:

Small Boy @ Work

Big Boys @ Work :)

  

   

13th July:

Garlic !!

Snail on Lake Garden :)

    

Note: Don't throw away empty plastic containers of  your toiletries. Follow these simple steps to recycle your plastic waste like empty shampoo, conditioner and detergent bottles, broken toys or broken plastic chairs etc

1. Collect all the waste in a box or paper bag  and Whatsapp your address to 8800714236
2. Every Saturday and Sunday your bag with all the plastic waste will be collected.
3. This will them be sent to Shayna Eco-Unified, who convert this plastic waste to tiles and bricks which can be used for construction.
4. Simple step towards becoming green & less wasteful. 🌿 For more check at Shayna EcoUnified

 

  

Jun 2019 snaps: (No rain in most of Jun '19 :(  )

 

 

 

Onion bunches hanging...

21 Jun '19: International Yoga Day event ....

  

  

2nd Feb '19: HUL Co, Volunteer, Police team, BBMP & students & all others (~400) participated in Lake cleaning & beautification activities.... Photos given below.

Actions Ahead Jan '19:

• Allow people to adopt Plants: 1 - 4 each member, Adoption charges: Rs. 100/- (will update)
• Watering is taken care but Adopted family also can take care of water
• Adopted family's role: Know about the plant, Kitchen waste & Compost, watering, Fencing, Display their Name!!
• Allow people to plant more during rainy season: will provide guidelines of what plants & where to plant
• Fencing of broken area's to protect from Cows & un-athorised people entry
• PVC piping across the Track to supply water - Adoption charges can be used to buy & do piping during rainy season.
• Cleaning of Lake Bed (before rains) and form small Island & plant Banyan Tree !!

Thank You one & all who are working on BNPura Lake Development & improving Green around :) 

Apr 2019:

    

Prathap Ji

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Q3, 2017

Q3,2017 when lake is full

 

Jan 2019: Water connection activity to Lake plants

   

Jan 2019, cleaning of Waste sticks/plastic ....

 

Pratap Singhm

 

 

   

   

Statue found in the lake - Feb '19.

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Below snaps of 26th Jan 2019 (Republic Day): Watering & Cleaning Lake Bed area

B.N.Pura Lake Army :)

Mekala V Reddy :)

 

   

  

  

Feb '19 Activities....

  

FEB 2nd, 2019 HUL Co, Volunteers, Police team, BBMP & students Lake cleaning work snaps...

   

  

 

  

 

Some more snaps of Feb & Mar '19:

 

Apr 2019 snaps: Developing Garden where Mekala Reddy planted Badam & Maddi seeds...

1st Rains on 17 Apr '19 bring some water..

 

South-West corner of Lake, cleaning & developing Garden...20 Apr '19

  

 

May 2019: Developed land in North side of lake for flower plants & vegetables 

Lake Development team also face challenges: Tress Passers, Cows, Tree cutters ....

Day wise updates in Apr & May 2019 by Mekala V Reddy

9th Jun 2019: Today's works at Lake area: 🌲💐

1. Plants trimming & setting up

2. Half bed of 3rd area seeded with Onions

3. 1st bed also spread with onions

4. Lemon plants - 2 no's

5. Jackfruit plant- 1 no

6. guava plant - 1 no

7. Custard apple - 1 no 

And fencing with stick for some are ... !! 💐🌲🌲🥦🥦

Thanks to Veeru, Murali, Pratap Singh, Jayaram 💐💐

8th Jun 2019: Today, we planted below: (plant / seed sponsors are : Santosh A & Deeru )

1. 100 grams of onion seeds (~300 seeds) - 

2. Bitter Guard - 10 no's   

3. Badam plant - 

4. Black plum plant (one ) and seeds (20 no's)

5. Mango seeds - 80 no's

6. Jackfruit seeds - 12 no's

7. Bottle guard - 8 no's

8. Bendi - 10 no's

9. Beans - 6 no's

10. Avarakai - 10 no's

11. Cucumber seeds - 5 no's

6th Jun 2019: today we planted 5 Drumstick stems, 4 flower plant stems

        Cotton seeds (15 no's) planted

        Plum seeds: 20 no's planted

       Corrected two fallen tree's - with the help of Jayaram & Mahesh.

Need more seed of Flowers / veg's... if you have :)

Day wise updates in Apr & May 2019 by Mekala V Reddy
28th May 2019:Today, we planted :
1. Indian beech trees - 3 no's and seeds 10 no's
2. Toor dal - 20 no's
3. Flower plant stems - 20 no's

4. Beans / Bottle gourd etc., - 10 no's
25th May 2019: today's plantation:
- Mari Gold : 22 no's
- Drumstick : ~50 no's
- Tamarind: ~20 no's
- Beans : ~15 no's
- Avarakai : ~25 no's
- flower plants : 2 no's
- Bottle Guard : 8 no's
- Papaya plant : 1 no by Jayaram Ji 🌲🌲
 24th May 2019: Today, we planted below:
  - Tamarind - 10 no's
  - Bottle Guard - 8 no's
  - Avisay  - Sesbania grandiflora / Agati (  अगस्ति,  ಅಗಸೆ, అవిసె, agati  ) - 15 no's
  - Beans - 6 no's
16th May 2019: Podina (Mint leaves) + Moong dal + flower plants
15th May 2019: Fencing & maintenance to Drumstick plants
14th May 2019: Tapioca (Kerala plant) - 6 no's
12th May 2019: Flower plants + CowPie
11th May 2019: Flower plants + moong dal
10th May 2019: planted 4 Indian Beech Trees in the Lake Area. 🌲🌲
9th May 2019: we planted 5 Curry leave's plants 🥦
7th May 2019: we planted two varieties:
1. Beetle leave - 8 plants
2. bamboo(Stem) type decorative plans - 5 no's

Note: 25 Pumpkin, 4 Beans and 15 drumstick plans came up around walking track. We need to protect them now 🌲🌲
5th May 2019:we planted below & watering done for 20 trees (with Jayaram, Ratna, Sudakar & team)
- White cosmic type (12 no's)
- Cowpea - Alasanda (20 no's)
- Fence near Garden
- Branches for Beans & Cowpea creepers set
- Plumeria – चंपा  (above white cosmic)

4th May 2019: we planted below & watering done for 25 trees (with Jayaram, Sudakar & team)
- 3 Indian beech tree's
- Sweet Potato
- Hibiscus
- Tomato - 10 plants
- Alovera

2nd May 2019:For your support in planting below, today @ Lake area:
1. Banana Plant - 1 no
2. Mango Plant - 1 no
3. Tamarind plants - 2 no's
4. Gongura - 10 no's
5. Mathi leaves - 100 grams i.e. 1000 seeds
6. Moong Daal - 100 grams
7. Sajja - 50 grams
8. Decorative plants of 3 types -

And Happy to share curry leaves for two people - Jayaram (3 days back) & one elderly lady today from our lake bed 👍👏
29th Apr 2019: Prasad, Santosh & me fenced wire (2 layers) near Bamboo's lake bed area, to protect the tree's from Cows.

+ watering to few plants !!

28th Apr  2019: Thanks Sudakar,  With your help, we planted below in BN Pura lake 🌲🥦💐
1. Banyan Tree
2. Hibiscus (Mandara flower ) plants - 3 no's
3. Indian Beech trees (5 no's)
4. Few musk melon & drumstick seeds.... 👍
5. Champa Flower stems and Kaner Flowers

Indian Beech Tree Plantation

Three Years Later i.e. May 2021: Lot of Indian beach trees's are grown or growing with the efforts of volunteers for applying water during summers 🌱🌴

• From 2018-21: Around 1500 Indian beach tree's planted in BNPura lake 
• 15-20% tree's survived and will plant more in the following years :)

for more, visit : bnpuralake.blogspot.com/

In July 2018: Big Thank You Team 💐💐

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Happy to say, we planted 110 tree's (Indian beach, 2 Mango) today , 6:50 - 9:30am !!

Plants sponsor: Vishwanath Mutagi

Supported in Planting: Murali, Swati, Jayaram, Prathap, Santosh ji, Mourya .....off-course me - Mekala V Reddy 😉🌲🌲🌲🌴

Happy to share that 100+ tree's (Kanuga / Indian Beech) planted in one day i.e. 14th July 2018 in B.Narayanapura area (Road side & around Lake). Am confident that will take care of them to grow in this monsoon :)

Before 14th July '18: 25 tree's (Road side & Garden)
On 14th July '18: ~100 tree's around B.Narayanapura Lake (along with Pratap & 2 more volunteers)
On 16th July '18: 15 tree's around B.Narayanapura Lake

Feeling proud & happy that planted so many tree's. If 90% of them grow, I will be very very Happy :)