CHETTIYARI LAKE Back to previous page      Click on areas       Background         Chilika Wetlands   East Kolkata Wetlands   Rabindra Sarobar   Dal Lake   Deepar Lake   Bellandur Lake   Sola Beel   Mundiyambakkam Lake   Hussain Sagar Lake   Maradu Panchayat Lake   Chembarambakkam Lake   Bangalore Lake   Delhi Water Bodies   Saroornagar Lakes   Udaipur Lakes   Naini Lake   Kumaon Lake   Charkop Lake   Powai Lake   TG Halli   Loktak Lake   TSO Moriri Lake   Kolleru Lake   Pulicat Lake   Sasthamcotta Lake   Kabar Tal   Kalyan Sagar   Ramgarh Taal   Mansagar Lake   Chandola Lake   Howrah Urban Tank   Bhoj Lake   Vembanad Lake   Ansupa Lake   Chandertal Lake   Pong Wetland   Khurpa Tal   Ousteri Lake   Renuka Lake   Chander Tal   Kanya Kumari   Sukhna Lake   Sambhar Lake   Sambhar Lake   Harike wetland   Umiam Lake   Badha Lake   Vellayani Lake   Ashtamudi Lake   Kukkarahalli Lake   Villivakkam Lake   Chetpet Lake   Chettiyari Lake   Chikkajala Tank   Upvan Lake         Background       Chettiyari lake in Ariyalur town (265 km south of Chennai) is under the threat of pollution. Once this lake acted as the source of drinking water to the town. Now this has been changed to a dumping place and also place for open defecation. The citizens are concerned about the state of the lake as this water body still acts as the source of water to the town in the lean period. The municipality has to depend on couple of collector wells in the lake at times of disruption to the drinking water supplied from the Coleroon river—the main source of water for the town. According to the local people the government departments planned for desilting and revival of the lake but that never materialized.