Summary:
The Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) has completed the years-long project of restorating the Arasankazhani lake near Chemmancherry-Perumbakkam. H.
Rama Narayanan, conservation co-ordinator, EFI, says, “Earlier, a road leading to a cemetery was formed in the lake area. In the first phase of the restoration work, volunteers of EFI, with the support of residents, removed garbage and formed G-shaped islands on the 39-acre lake so as to attract birds and pond turtles. Local residents used to throw garbage in the lake through the road. At present, every weekend, bird watching activity and plantation maintenance work are going on at the lake..