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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name = Mangal Aeri
| image =
| caption =
|pushpin_map=India Chennai
| pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake within Chennai
| image_bathymetry =
| caption_bathymetry =
| location = [[Mugappair]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coords = {{coord|13|5|15|N|80|10|34|E|region:IN-TN_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Lake]]
| inflow =
| outflow =
| catchment =
| basin_countries = India
| length =
| width =
| area = {{convert|5.32|acre|abbr=on}}
| depth =
| max-depth =
| volume =
| residence_time =
| shore =
| elevation =
| frozen =
| islands =
| cities = Chennai
| reference =
}}

'''Mangal Aeri''', or '''Mangal Lake''', is a rain-fed reservoir in the neighbourhood of [[Mugappair]] in [[Chennai]], [[India]].

==History==
The lake served as a water source for the village of Mugappair several hundred years ago. However, the lake started deteriorating since the establishment of [[Ambattur Industrial Estate]] abutting it owing to letting in of waste water from the industrial units. In 2005, renovation of the lake began at a cost of {{INR}} 2 million, with building a compound wall around an area of 30 acres.<ref name="Hindu_MangalRedemptionAtLast">{{cite news
| last = Swahilya
| first =
| title = For Mogappair's Mangal Eri, redemption at last
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 18 May 2005
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/18/stories/2005051815990400.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522195614/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/18/stories/2005051815990400.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 22 May 2008
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| accessdate = 25 Dec 2013}}</ref> In July 2009, the first phase of the renovated lake was opened to public at a cost of {{INR}} 6 million.<ref name="Hindu_OpenToPublicSoon">{{cite news
| last = Lakshmi
| first = K.
| title = Mangal Eri will be open to public soon
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 5 July 2009
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070560040400.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090709162409/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070560040400.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 9 July 2009
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| accessdate = 25 Dec 2013}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
The water body is spread over an area of 5.32 acres. In the first phase of renovation, a walkers' track measuring 4.5 m in width and 520 m in length was constructed around the lake and lighting facility was provided. Locations for children's play area was demarcated and a vacant space of about 20,000 sq ft was earmarked for a new park to be set up at a cost of {{INR}} 2.5 million in the second phase.<ref name="Hindu_OpenToPublicSoon"/>

There is an Achalathamman temple on the bank of the lake.<ref name="Hindu_MangalRedemptionAtLast"/>

The second phase of the project, however, has not yet been started.<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Mangal Eri Park, a long way to go
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 22 May 2011
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/mangal-eri-park-a-long-way-to-go/article2038994.ece
| accessdate = 25 Dec 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[Water management in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Hydrography of Chennai}}

[[Category:Lakes of Chennai]]
[[Category:Lakes of Tamil Nadu]]

{{Chennai-geo-stub}}

Mangal Lake (Chennai) - Revision history

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