Sholavaram Lake
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Sholavaram Lake, located in Ponneri taluka of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India
, is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai
. On account of scanty rainfall for last three years (2003-05), the lake looks like a small pond now.
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
, is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. On account of scanty rainfall for last three years (2003-05), the lake looks like a small pond now.