Bengaluru is a city of lakes. Starting with Kempa Gowda, the chieftain of the Vijayanagara kingdom who was in charge of the city has developed and nurtured water bodies for a safe supply for its inhabitants. But over a period, this lost its prominence. Starting with harnessing the Akravathi river in 1896, and then Cauvery in 1974 water in Bengaluru became river sources. And lakes fell into oblivion.