{"id":100174,"date":"2026-04-25T13:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100174"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:02:42","slug":"pykara-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pykara-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pykara Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pykara Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Madras High Court has refused to lift the temporary stay on operating boating services for tourists on Pykara Lake in the Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pykara Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated at a distance of about <\/span><b>20 km from Ooty,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Nilgiri district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>formed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a result of the <\/span><b>construction of the Pykara Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the <\/span><b>Pykara River.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Pykara River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Mukurthi peak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is the <\/span><b>largest river in the district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is <\/span><b>revered by the Todas,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an <\/span><b>Adivasi community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who consider it to be sacred.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>dam also has a powerhouse,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is one of the oldest power plants in South India and is generating about <\/span><b>60 megawatts of electricity.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few hundred meters <\/span><b>north of the lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the river tumbles down the rocks to form the famous <\/span><b>Pykara Falls.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pykara Falls<\/span><b> consists of two cascades that fall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a height of about 55 meters and 61 meters, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is <\/span><b>surrounded by the thick forest of Mukurthi National Park (MNP).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Western Ghats<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it MNP has been a <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 1st July 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2026\/Apr\/25\/madras-hc-refuses-to-lift-boating-ban-on-pykara-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NIE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pykara Lake is situated at a distance of about 20 km from Ooty, in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu. 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