Perungudi Lake — Attraction in Zone 14 Perungudi

Fairly large lake near my office. I had been near this water body once and I found the water to be fresh and incidentally witnessed people taking bath and washing their clothes. This is unusual in a city as big as Chennai. This lake can be well maintained and the area surrounding the lake can be made into a park or a walking or a jogging trail. Thank you for your time...

Not a tourist place. Needs to be preserved - you can always see people washing clothes, cabbies washing their cars and localites bathing their livestock there. Some small food carts can be seen around the lake in the evenings, but they aren't huge and In most cases not hygienic or welcoming. But it is a huge water body and the breeze chills up the surrounding in...

One of the very few large water bodies in Chennai, surviving the onslaught of irresponsible development. Recently the local citizens living around the lake joined together to form a registered association PLANET to protect this lake from encroachment and misuse. PLANET works with Govt and Chennai Corporation in preserving...