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[[File:Chandola lake.jpg|thumbnail|right|Chandola Lake Photo]]

[[File:Chandola lake 3.jpg|thumbnail|right|chandola lake photo]]

'''Chandola Lake''' is located near Dani Limda Road, [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]] state, [[India]] and covers an area of 1200 hectares. It is a water [[reservoir]], embanked and circular in form. It is also home for [[cormorants]], [[painted stork]]s and [[spoonbill]] birds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/its-a-jungle-out-there/1156727|title=It's a Jungle Out tHere - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref> During the evening time, many people visit this place and take a leisure stroll.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ahmedabad.org.uk/lakes/chandola-lake.html|title=Chandola Lake - Chandola Lake in Ahmedabad - Chandola Lake Ahmedabad India|website=www.ahmedabad.org.uk|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>

== History ==
Chandola Lake was established by the wife of a Mughal Sultan of Ahmedabad named [[Tajn Khan Nari Ali]]. It was in existence when [[Asha Bhil]] founded [[Ashaval]].<ref>Gazetteers - Volume 18 - Page 13 Gujarat (India) - 1984</ref>

The historic [[Salt March]] around nine in the morning, after covering a distance of seven miles from the [[Sabarmati Ashram]] and a few minutes after the trucks and the taxis carrying radio and print journalists had disappeared down the road, had reached the Chandola Lake. [[Mahatma Gandhi]] had stopped under a large pipal tree next to the lake, no bigger than a small pond in the middle of a vast expanse of mud during March, 1930.<ref>The Seeker A Novel by Sudhir Kakkar - Page 194</ref>

== Usage ==
Water from this lake is used for [[irrigation]] and [[industrial water|industrial]] purposes. It is also being for agriculture, as well as for other purposes like processing of [[waste oil]] and plastics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/chandola_lake/chandola_lake.htm|title=Chandola lake|website=www.rainwaterharvesting.org|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>

The Kharicut Canal Scheme which is one of the oldest irrigation schemes of Gujarat was constructed with the main purpose of providing irrigation to 1,200 acres of rice land near Chandola lake in Ahmedabad.<ref>Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer - Page 268</ref>

== Pollution and encroachment ==
Large-scale encroachment have been built on this water body. Kharicut, the lake’s feeder canal is choked with filth and garbage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/330750/cases-on-protection-of-lakes-chandola-lake-gujarat/|title=Cases on protection of lakes: Chandola lake, Gujarat - India Environment Portal {{!}} News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development {{!}} India, South Asia|website=www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>

==Chandola Lake Development Plans==

The [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] (AMC) has ambitious plans for developing Chandola lake in a big way. AMC has also drawn an exhaustive plan for the upkeep of Chandola lake, which till now was a neglected public space. The AMC has tendered jobs for cleaning and sanitation activities to be carried out around Chandola. The civic body has earmarked Rs 3.70 lakh for clearing the garbage from the lake.<ref>http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=08-06-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Ahmedabad+-+TIMES+GLOBAL&edname=&articleid=Ar00202&format=&publabel=TOI</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/AMC-gets-Chandola-Lake-for-Kankaria-like-development/articleshow/48027045.cms|title=AMC gets Chandola Lake for Kankaria-like development - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.ahmedabad.org.uk/lakes/chandola-lake.html Chandola Lake] at ahmedabad.org.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718064222/http://ahmedabad.clickindia.com/tourism/chandolalake.html Chandola Lake] at ahmedabad.clickindia.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023174315/http://touristplaces.org/india/gujarat/ahmedabad/chandola-lake Chandola Lake] at touristplaces.org

== See also ==

* [[Kankaria Lake]]
* [[Vastrapur Lake]]
* [[Thol Lake]]

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[[Category:Lakes of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ahmedabad district]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in India]]

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>Invixium at 06:08, 23 June 2021