Kukkarahalli Lake, Mysore, Karnataka

During my recent trip to Mysore in association with a Training Programme for teachers held at the Regional Institute of Education, Mysore, one of the morning, myself along with two of my friends visited the nearby Kukkarahalli Lake located adjacent to the University of Mysore. A wonderful place well kept and not disturbed much, I could see scores of people walking along the beautiful tracks on the side of the lake. This is also an excellent bird watching site. I had a few snaps taken just before the sun rise and also some views of the lake.

More information regarding this beautiful lake can be had from the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukkarahalli_lake. From wikipedia: It provides lung-space to the city. Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, (1794–1868) of the Mysore Dynasty (Kingdom of Mysore) was responsible for getting the lake created, in the year 1864, to provide water for irrigation to about 4000 ha (10,000 acres) of land outside the city.[2] The Lake also used to be a source of water supply to the city of Mysore but over the years, sewage and excessive land encroachments (mostly illegal) and blockage of water flow sources almost led to the eutrophication of the lake. The University of Mysore and the citizen forums of Mysore continue to make efforts to preserve the lake by implementing several remedial measures. 

But my friend from Mysore says that there are new efforts to destroy this lake by having huge large scale constructions around this lake (by the University of Mysore) and which is being opposed by the citizens of Mysore. 

If people of higher learning institutions like the University of Mysore do not understand the importance of such beautiful natural systems, and those who should protect and improve the health of these systems, they themselves start destroying the systems, then what values these institutions will transfer to the young generation?