Thiruninravur Lake or Thiruninravur Aeri, is a lake spread over 330 hectares in
Thiruninravur
Thirunindravur is a locality in the western part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It lies within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, around 30 kilometers from the city center at Parry's Corner. The neighbourhood is served by Thirunindravur railway stati ...
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Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
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India
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. It is one of the largest lakes in the western part of the city.
In 2017, a proposal was sent to the government to restore the lake at a cost of 50 million.
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Water management in Chennai
The coastal city of Chennai has a metropolitan population of 10.6 million as per 2019 census. As the city lacks a perennial water source, catering the water requirements of the population has remained an arduous task. On 18 June 2019, the city's r ...
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{{Hydrography of Chennai
Lakes of Chennai
Lakes of Tamil Nadu