An entire lake replaced by parking lot near Chennai

Chennai | Thursday | 8th August, 2019

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Nirupama Viswanathan ByExpress News ServiceAn entire lake, originally spanning around 2.5 acres, has gone missing in the village of Adayalampattu near Vanagaram, an upcoming residential locality in the Western suburbs of Chennai. In its place now is a neatly fenced parking lot for mini trucks and private buses. The lake, which was connected to the Ayanambakkam lake and the Maduravoyal lake, had served as the primary source of water to the village. The parking lot also had a small building with five rooms. According to documents accessed by Express, the survey number 52/1 where the parking lot stands, has been marked as a tank, spanning 46.64 grounds..