The delay in the completion of the underground drainage work in Tumkur (Karnataka) has affected Amanikere. The stinking lake poses health problems for those residing nearby. Most of the sewage diverted from the town reaches the lake. It has also been a convenient spot for dumping garbage and debris daily, since almost half of the vast lake area remains dry. To the farmers from the surrounding villages, Amanikere is the only hope for irrigation. But for this lake, according to the local people, hundreds of farm bore wells located within ten kilometre from the lake would have gone dry. Amanikere located on the Tumkur-Sira road occupies more than five hundred acres. The lake has a storage capacity of about 170 million cubic feet. Members of the Wild Life Nature Awareness Club (WANC) in Tumkur have identified about fifty species of migratory birds at Amanikere.