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Chembarambakkam lake is a lake located in
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, about 25 km from
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. It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to
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, the other one being the Puzhal Lake. The Adyar River originates from this lake. A part of water supply of the metropolis of Chennai is drawn from this lake. This was the first
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built by
Rajendra Chola I Rajendra Chola I (; Middle Tamil: Rājēntira Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Rājēndradēva Cōla; Old Malay: ''Raja Suran''; c. 971 CE – 1044 CE), often referred to as Rajendra the Great, and also known as Gangaikonda Chola (Middle Tamil ...
the son of Rajaraja Chola and Thiripuvana Madeviyar, prince of Kodumbalur. During Chennai's water crisis of 2019, Chembarambakkam Lake dried up.


The lake

Chembarambakkam lake was known as Puliyur Kottam. It is one of the 24 kottams (villages) that existed even during the later
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period in Thondai Mandalam which had
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as its headquarters. The lake was built by Rajendra Chola, the son of Rajaraja Chola. *The Full Tank Level is . *The Full Capacity (mcft) of the lake is 3,645 million ft³ (108 million m³). *The Level of the tank in feet is . However, acute sedimentation has eaten more than 40% of its water holding strength. There is an ancient
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temple and Kanni Koil located here.


Pipelines

There are two pipelines existing from the lake's water treatment plant. The existing pipeline on Poonamallee Bypass Road has the capacity to convey only half of the 530 million litres that can be treated at the plant. In 2012, Chennai Metrowater started evaluating the feasibility of laying a third pipeline with a diameter of about 2,000 mm from the Chembarambakkam water treatment plant at a cost of 650million, which will run parallel to the existing one for over 6.5 km.


Gallery

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See also

* Puzhal lake *
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References

Lakes of Chennai Reservoirs in Tamil Nadu {{Chennai-geo-stub