Puzhal Lake

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The bodies of two 14-year-old schoolboys who drowned in Puzhal Lake near Murugambedu were recovered recently.

About Puzhal Lake

• Puzhal Lake, also known as Red Hills Lake, is a manmade freshwater lake located in Red Hills, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. 
• It was built in the 19th century, during the British Period. 
• It is one of the three main rain-fed reservoirs from where water is being drawn to be supplied in the city of Chennai, the other two being the Chembarambakkam Lake and Porur Lake.  
• It’s like a giant natural storage tank that collects rainwater and water from other sources. 
• It can hold a huge amount of water, about 3300 million cubic feet. 
• This water is then treated and sent through pipes to homes and businesses across the city. 
• At the lake, there is a tower esteemed as Jone Tower, which is used to calculate the depth of the water level in the lake. 
  • This tower was built in the year 1881 and is the main attraction of the lake. 
• It provides critical refuge for resident waterbirds and long-distance migratory avifauna. 
• During autumn and winter, trans-continental migrants arrive across the Central Asian Flyway (CAF), seeking open water and abundant foraging grounds.

News: TH

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