Who We Are

For centuries the Puttenahalli Lake had been a pristine water body, playing a vital role in maintaining the fragile ecosystem of the Puttenahalli neighbourhood. Like many other lakes in Bangalore, it started shrinking and became a marshy garbage dump due to indiscriminate exploitation and neglect.

Troubled by the fact that a fairly large water body was disappearing in their backyard, starting in 2008, Usha Rajagopalan and a few other residents from L&T South City decided to form a Save Our Lake team and campaigned to save the lake. After much perseverance the lake was brought into BBMP's revival radar.

Revival started in Jan 2010.

In June 2010, Usha and three others from Brigade Millennium - Arathi Manay, Prasanna K. Vynatheya and O.P. Ramaswamy came together as the first trustees of the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT), registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882.

In May 2011, PNLIT signed an MOU with BBMP, taking over the maintenance of Puttenahalli Lake, for a period of 3 years. BBMP gives no financial assistance and PNLIT meets the expenses through public donations.

PNLIT Trustees

Current Board of Trustees: Usha Rajagopalan, Arathi Manay, Prasanna K. Vynatheya, O.P. Ramaswamy, Nupur Jain

Advisory Trustees: Padmini Nagarajan and Ravi Neelakantan.

PNLIT Volunteers (PNLIT Mitra and PNLIT Young Rangers) provide invaluable help on various activities, as and when they are able to spare the time.

Our logo

The Wild Date Palm stands on the island located in the Puttenahalli Lake. It is the lone tree that has survived in the lake all these years. We chose this as our symbol, representing resilience and perseverance.

Logo design credits

Pencil drawing - Kalpana Pradeep

Computer image - Nagesh Manay

PNLIT is registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882
Registration No. BNG(U)-JPN-129-2010-11

Tax Information

PAN AABTP7792D
TAN BLRP14141B

Registration u/s 12AA of the I.T. Act 1961 has been granted w.e.f. Assessment Year 2011-2012 in the status of Charitable Trust DIT(E)BLR/12AA/P-429/ AABTP7792D/ITO(E)/ Vol 2010-11

I.T. exemption (for donors) u/s 80G DIT(E)BLR/80G/63/ AABTP7792D/ITO(E)-2/ Vol 2011-2012 dated 21/06/2011

Donations are eligible for 50% deduction from Taxable income from AY2012-13 (financial year 2011-12) onwards

Download 80G approval letter here

Read about our trustees' efforts Jan 2011

Arathi Manay and OP Ramaswamy help city apartments save lakhs!