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{{Infobox body of water<br />
| name = Madambakkam Lake<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = ta<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Madambakkam Lake<br />
| image_bathymetry = <br />
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|pushpin_map=India Chennai<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake within Chennai<br />
| location = [[Madambakkam]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| coords = {{coord|12.910|80.165|type:waterbody_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| type = [[Reservoir]]<br />
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| basin_countries = India<br />
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| cities = Chennai<br />
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'''Madambakkam Lake''', or '''Madambakkam aeri''', is a rain-fed reservoir in [[Madambakkam]], [[Chennai]], [[India]], that is filled only during the monsoon seasons. The lake covers an area of 250 acres.<ref name="Hindu_MWtoRestoreLakes">{{cite news <br />
| last = Lakshmi <br />
| first = K. <br />
| title = Metrowater to rejuvenate two large waterbodies <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = <br />
| language = <br />
| publisher = The Hindu<br />
| date = 8 May 2018<br />
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/metrowater-to-rejuvenate-two-large-waterbodies/article23807577.ece<br />
| accessdate = 25 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==E.F.I's Restoration Effort==<br />
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The Madambakkam lake was one of the first water bodies that the [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] took up for cleaning and restoration. From early 2012 the organization has been volunteering to clean the lake with volunteer support over weekends.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| last = T.S. Atul Swaminathan<br />
| first =<br />
| last2 = Vaishali R. Venkat<br />
| first2 =<br />
| title = An initiative to save Madambakkam Lake <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons<br />
| date = 31 August 2013<br />
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/an-initiative-to-save-madambakkam-lake/article5078614.ece<br />
| access-date = 8 November 2020}}</ref> The 4-year-long volunteer activity hit a road block and later resumed in 2020 as a full-fledged restoration effort. The restoration efforts included complete deepening, bund strengthening, inlet and outlet regulation, neem islands and cleaning.<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India}}<br />
*[[Water management in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://efiblog.org/2020/07/13/madambakkam-a-secret-gem-in-the-water-world/ Madambakkam–A secret gem in the water world]<br />
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{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
{{Hydrography of Chennai}}<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Reservoirs in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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