Vengaivasal Pond (Waterbodies of Chennai - 19)

Vengaivasal, a peaceful village until a few years ago, has been urbanized. With many factories and high-rise buildings, this has become another busy locality in Chennai's suburbs. Fortunately, there is still this beautiful pond, which has escaped from the eyes of the real estate giants. Surrounded by trees, with the steps down to the pond full of fresh water, this place gives us a typical rural feel. This is one of the most beautiful surviving waterbodies of South Chennai.

This pond occupies an area of about 3 acres. It is located in Vengaivasal Main Road. The nearest landmark is Sugam Mills.

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Note: As per a report, there were about 650+ waterbodies in the Chennai region till the 1980s. Today, only a fraction of them exist. And most of those surviving waterbodies hardly have water, and even some of them that have water have been poorly shrunk. In Chennai, there are tank roads without tanks nearby and lake-view roads without lakes. There is a high possibility that even the few waterbodies we have today might vanish soon. I decided to visit the currently surviving waterbodies of Chennai and its suburbs and write about them in my blog as a series.

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