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'''Sirpur Lake''' is located on Indore-Dhar Road in [[Indore]]. The total area of the lake and its surrounding protected region is 800 acres (around 3.6 square kilometers) and falls under the jurisdiction of the [[Indore Municipal Corporation]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Sirpur Lake was created by the [[Holkar]]s of [[Indore State]] in the early 20th century. After the independence of India and extinction of the royal houses, religious sites started mushrooming up around the lake and over the years it was encroached upon by the people living in its vicinity. Illegal activities like fishing, poaching, cattle grazing, waste dumping, etc., almost destroyed the lake's ecology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/sirpur-lake-birds-paradise-shrinking-into-oblivion/857957|title=Sirpur Lake: Birds' paradise shrinking into oblivion|date=26 May 2016|website=Freepressjournal.in|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Restoration==<br />
The potential of the lake as a significant bird habitat was recognized by the [[Holkar]]s of Indore. In early 1980s, [[Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe|Bhalu Mondhe]], a renowned photographer and artist of Indore, now a Padmashri awardee, started restoring the lake, first individually and later joined by his friends, most notably, Abhilash Khandekar. Mondhe and Khandekar co-founded an NGO in 1992, [[The Nature Volunteers]], primarily to restore the lake's ecology and develop it as an ideal birding site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tnvindia.org/2006/06/01/sirpur-then-and-now/|title=Sirpur then and now « TNV - The Nautre Volunteers|website=Tnvindia.org|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/indore/indore-s-sirpur-lake-marked-important-bird-area/story-LP3F30tRliAEAlgsM36rQP.html|title=Indore’s Sirpur Lake marked ‘important bird area’|date=20 November 2015|website=Hindustantimes.com/|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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As the lake was restored, it became the home to many avian species and started attracting migratory birds, including [[ruddy shelduck]], which migrates from Mongolia and Siberia for wintering at Sirpur. A total of around 130 species are listed in the book, ''The Birds of Sirpur''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tnvindia.org/2015/12/29/birds-of-sirpur-a-book-review-by-dev-kumar-vasudevan/|title=Birds of Sirpur – A book review by Dev Kumar Vasudevan « TNV - The Nautre Volunteers|website=Tnvindia.org|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==IBA status==<br />
The lake was recognized by [[BirdLife International]] as one of the 19 [[important bird area]]s (IBAs) of Madhya Pradesh in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indores-sirpur-lake-gets-iba-status/articleshow/60425023.cms|title=Indore's Sirpur Lake gets IBA status|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tnvindia.org/beautiful-sbs-and-iba-sirpur-lake/|title=Beautiful SBS and IBA Sirpur Lake « TNV - The Nautre Volunteers|website=Tnvindia.org|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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Another IBA near Indore is [[Yashwant Sagar]].<br />
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==Nature Knowledge Centre==<br />
An interpretation center is being established with an outlay of Rs.2.5 crores for educating the people and the visitors about the ecology of Sirpur lake, nearby wetlands, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh and Central India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/newsletter/enews/NewsDetails.asp?id=60114|title=Bird interpretation centre set to come up at Sirpur lake|website=Cmsenvis.cmsindia.org|accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe]]<br />
* [[Important Bird Area]]<br />
* [[Indore]]<br />
* [[Yashwant Sagar]]<br />
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