The residents revealed that the lake was rejuvenated in 2018-2019, and it remained a beautiful place to visit often. However, over the years, maintenance and monitoring were not carried out, leaving it in a bad condition. While the residents have reached out to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) multiple times for the development of the lake, there has been no initiation from the department to prevent and preserve the lake.
The project has now reached a stage where it can send feed of violations real time to the police control room both at Thalghatpura station & shortly to a centralised command centre. The circle inspector of Thalaghattapura police limits Jagadish N collaborated with the residents to have the CCTV installed. He revealed to the residents that this initiative had helped in Hebbagodi and Ashok Nagar to reduce the traffic violation cases or even law and order cases.
With the Tuesday downpour, the stretch got flooded with the water flowing out of the drain. The commuters were stuck in traffic for a long time. Two-wheeler riders had a tough time riding on the water-logged road. Even the footpath across the stretch was removed for drainage work and was not fixed back making it difficult for pedestrians to walk.
In an online survey carried out by residents of Kanakapura with over 232 respondents, 99.2% stated that they would prefer taking the BMTC bus for first and last mile connectivity.