Pallavaram Lake

Periya eri(Big lake) also known as Pallavaram Lake is situated on eastern side of railway track from Pallavarm to Chromepet (Tambaram - Beach Section) in the outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This lake was once huge and the railway tracks and trains passing through were visible from the banks of the lake.The waste waters from Chrome leather companies situated on western side mixes in the lake. The lake has shrinked due to huge encroachment and illegal buildings and constructions that took place over the decade.

There is a burial ground situated on south eastern end of the lake (behind Lakshmi nagar and Ganapathy puram). People perform last rites and immerse the ashes in the lake. The lake has turned into a dumpyard with huge garbage piles. The lake does not have a single a drop of water. More over the lake was cut in to two by Radial road connecting Chromepet, Pallavaram to Thoraipakkam. On the eastern side, portions of the lake's banks were demolished in order to shell out the water from the lake to pave way for construction of road in 2001 which led to the end of its life. Now only few acres of the lake remain. The municipality which was ruled by both the major dravidian parities didn't reclaimed this lake and rather remained as mute spectators.

There is also a huge encroachment inside the lake on Southwest side. The compound walls of that encroachment runs inside the lake from one end to almost to other end.