Locals of Singapura, historically one of the earliest settlements in the city in North Bengaluru, have taken strong objection to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) move to rename Singapura lake that has a history of over 500 years.
Recently, the BBMP issued a public notice informing the general public to submit objections to renaming the lake as ‘Bhagawan Buddha Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar Lake Park’. Villagers have objected saying that in the city for generations lakes are identified with respective local names such as Yelahanka, Bellandur, Hebbal and others ,and nowhere are the lakes named after personalities. They have also emphasised that they have high regard for both Buddha and Ambedkar.
