{"id":104557,"date":"2026-05-22T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104557"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:24:43","slug":"ambazari-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ambazari-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambazari Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ambazari Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deployment of high-capacity harvester machines at Ambazari Lake has finally given a major push to the long-pending battle against the massive spread of water hyacinth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ambazari Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located near the southwest border of <\/span><b>Nagpur in Maharashtra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>oldest, largest, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>one of the eleven lakes adorning the city.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spans approximately 6.2 hectares.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>built <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>1870 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the rule of the <\/span><b>Bhonsle dynasty.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was constructed as a <\/span><b>reservoir to supply water to Nagpur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it played a crucial role in meeting the city\u2019s water needs for over 30 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake\u2019s origins are tied to the <\/span><b>Nag River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>flows from it.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>name \u201cAmbazari\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is derived from the <\/span><b>Marathi word \u201cAmba,\u201d meaning mango<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the <\/span><b>lake is surrounded by mango trees.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>well-maintained garden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was developed beside Ambazari Lake in 1958.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/nagpur\/hi-tech-machines-deployed-to-remove-water-hyacinth-from-ambazari-lake\/articleshow\/131251571.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambazari Lake is located near the southwest border of Nagpur in Maharashtra. 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