The lake is one of the many centers for the city’s untreated sewage, resulting in the spillage of toxic foam despite the Lokayukta in 2019 ordering the Revenue department to survey the lake and clear it from encroachments, the restoration work moved at a snail’s pace. Spread over 47 acres, the Kaggadasapura Lake located in Bengaluru’s C V Raman Nagar is an ideal example of citizens’ struggle with various government agencies to restore a waterbody.