Key Facts about Powai Lake

June 8, 2025

A silent "Save Powai Lake" human chain scheduled by local residents and nature lovers was recently cancelled after the BMC demanded a nominal "event fee" of Rs 11,000 to organise it at the lakeside.

About Powai Lake:

  • It is an artificial lake situated in the northern suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
  • The lake was built by the British in 1890, after constructing two dams about ten metres high across two hillocks, to augment the water supply to Bombay.
  • The hillocks seen on the south end of the lake are the lowest slopes of the Western Ghats.
  • The catchment area of the lake is 6.6 sq.km, with the depth varying from 3 to 12 metres.
  • Around Powai Lake are two famed institutions-Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE).
  • The lake is surrounded by the Powai Bird Sanctuary.
  • It is an important resting, feeding, and breeding site of several bird species, resident and migratory.
  • Among some of the lake's rare and distinguished residents and visitors are the Watercock, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Slaty-legged Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Woolly-necked Stork, Caspian Tern, and Peregrine Falcon.

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