In June 2015
Bangladesh High Court ordered the government to vacate portions of Gulshan lake that had been encroached upon. Since the
July 2016 Dhaka attack, all boats have been removed from the lake. The government announced plans to introduce water taxis in the lake. 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.
Shahid Dr. Fazle Rabbi Park is near this lake. ==Ecology==