Perungudi Lake
| Perungudi Lake | |
|---|---|
| பெருங்குடி ஏரி (Tamil) | |
 Perungudi Lake | |
  Perungudi Lake | |
| Location | Chennai, India |
| Coordinates | 12°58′01″N 80°14′20″E / 12.967°N 80.239°E |
| Type | lake |
| Surface area | 50 ares (54,000 sq ft) |
Perungudi Lake (Tamil: பெருங்குடி ஏரி) is a 50 ares (54,000 sq ft) water body located near Chennai's IT corridor, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, India. It is one of the few protected lakes of Chennai, fully fenced with compound wall and pathways laid on its east and south side for walkers.
In the past,[
Perungudi lake is connected with
Prominent communities near by include Kurinji Nagar, Kamaraj Nagar to name a few. Beauty and Pride of Chennai in the eastern corridor and between the high rise buildings holding posh IT companies
2015 flooding and reexamination
This lake reached its full capacity during the cloudburst that hit Chennai in December 2015. Prior to that not even 25% of water was retained by the lake due to poor maintenance of water inlets and encroachments. The beauty of the lake caught the attention of its nearby residents and motivated them to start a people's forum to protect the lake from pollution, abuse, encroachments, sewage water letdown, defecation, and water theft. From sprucing up the lake to hold a Lake Festival (PLF 2016- Perungudi Lake Festival 2016) on 26 January of 2016, like-minded individuals from nearby 15 residential association joined hands together for the cause of protecting the lake as the Perungudi Lake Area Neighbourhood Environment Transformation (PLANET). PLANET is a registered body of all resident associations around Perungudi lake. PLANET celebrated PLF 2017 in the month of February 2017 with several art and cultural programs with a perspective of promoting waterbodies. PLANET planted several tree saplings around the lake and regularly monitoring its growth. TN PWD supports the activities by the PLANET.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Thomas, Liffy (9 January 2016). "Perungudi residents have big plans for their lake". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Srikanth, R.; Lakshmi, K. (11 October 2015). "Perungudi Lake to get a facelift". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Pollution in Perungudi lake". The Hindu. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2019.