 About 136 hectares of habitat was either lost or disturbed because of vehicular movement.Main factors affecting degradation include sand mining, movement of tractors, tree plantations, and grazing of cattle.Even in the deteriorated condition of the lake, birds such as the White-breasted Kingfisher ("Halcyon smyrnensis"), Magpie Robin ("Copsychus saularis"), Little Egrets, Common Mynas ("Acridotheres tristis"), Brahminy Kites, Black Drongos, Bulbuls, greater coucals, purple sunbirds, etc., (some are pictured in the gallery) have been reported in and around the lake periphery.