[3][4][5] In June 2015 Bangladesh High Court ordered the government to free portions of Gulshan lake that had been encroached upon.

[8] In April 2017, the Capital Development Authority under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works destroyed a number of structures on the banks of the lake to make way for the building of pathway on the banks of the lake.

[12][13] Direct dumping of sewage and water runoff had increased the pollution of the lake.

[14] The lake has also experienced an algal boom which has further reduced the oxygen available, harming the aquatic life.

[15][16] Media related to Gulshan Baridhara Lake at Wikimedia Commons This Dhaka Division location article is a stub.