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{{Infobox lake
|name = Sarakki lake
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|pushpin_map=India Bangalore
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|basin_countries = India
|location = [[Bangalore district]], [[Karnataka]], India
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|cities = Bangalore
|frozen = Never
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'''Sarakki lake''', also known as '''[[Jaraganahalli Lake|Jaraganahalli lake]]''',<ref name="TBI">{{cite web |last1=Desai |first1=Priya |title=TBI Citizen Initiative: Puttenahalli Lake And Sarakki Lake In Bangalore - Infused With New Life |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/5544/tbi-citizen-initiative-puttenahalli-lake-and-sarakki-lake-in-bangalore-infused-with-new-life/ |website=The Better India |access-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625132604/http://www.thebetterindia.com:80/5544/tbi-citizen-initiative-puttenahalli-lake-and-sarakki-lake-in-bangalore-infused-with-new-life/ |archive-date=25 June 2012 |date=20 June 2012}}</ref> is a lake in the southern part of [[Bangalore]], India, in the suburb of the [[Jayaprakash Nagar, Bangalore|J. P. Nagar]]. It is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore and located on [[Puttenahalli]] main road. Sarakki is a [[portmanteau]] of the native [[Kannada language]] words, ''Saavira Hakki'', which translates to "a thousand birds".<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarakki Lake judgment on Feb 17: Will the lake see a thousand birds again?|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/sarakki-lake-encroachment-on-feb-17-will-the-lake-regain-thousand-birds|work=Citizen Matters|publisher=bangalore.citizenmatters.in|date=30 January 2014|access-date=21 April 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Sarakki lake at night.jpg|thumb|Sarakki lake at night]]

The lake formerly covered an area of {{convert|84|acre}}, {{convert|34|acre}} of which had been encroached by private builders and other establishments as of 2013. According to a survey conducted by the tehsildar of Bangalore South, 135 encroachments were made into the lake area, following which the [[High Court of Karnataka]], in the case filed by the People's Campaign for Right to water, ordered for clearing the encroached area in August 2014. A 10-day eviction drive began in April 2015 after having issued notices to encroachers.<ref>{{cite news |author= Bharadwaj, Aditya K. V. |title= Bengaluru’s largest encroachment eviction drive begins at Sarakki Lake |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bengalurus-largest-encroachment-eviction-drive-begins-at-sarakki-lake/article7108731.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 16 April 2015 |access-date= 21 April 2015}}</ref> The land reclaimed put estimates at {{INRConvert|2000|c}}.<ref>{{cite news |author= Bharadwaj, Aditya K. V. |title= Land worth Rs. 2,000 cr. being recovered in city |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/land-worth-rs-2000-cr-being-recovered-in-city/article7112883.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 17 April 2015 |access-date= 21 April 2015}}</ref>

In 2012, the Sarakki Lake Improvement Trust (SLAIT) was formed to make efforts towards reviving the lake.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rao R. |first1=Sunitha |title=Senior citizens to the rescue of Sarakki lake |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/senior-citizens-to-the-rescue-of-sarakki-lake/articleshow/65346989.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=9 September 2018 |date=10 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="TBI"/>

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Lakes in Bangalore]]

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[[Category:Lakes of Bangalore]]

Sarakki lake - Revision history

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