Get Complete Information on the Lakes of Haryana

Damdama Lake:

It is located at a distance of 8 kilometres from Sohna. It is an ideal place for fishing. It has facilities like fishing, restaurant and air conditioned rooms. A motel is also operating here.

Badkhal Lake:

It is located 3 kilometres off the Delhi-Mathura highway (NH1). It was constructed in 1947. It has a 13-set tourist bungalow, sprawling lawns, bar, Mayur restaurant and other facilities.

Suraj Kund:

It is located at a distance of 20 kilometres from Delhi. Its rocky terrain and the historic Surajkund are its main attractions. Hotel Rajhans caters to the needs of Indian and foreign tourists who visit this spot quite frequently. The diameter of the pond (at its bottom) is 130 metres. The remnants of the historic Sun temple can also be seen here. The lake close to Surajkund is known as Mayur Lake.

Dabchik:

It is located on Delhi-Agra National Highway (NH1). It has one restaurant, one bar, one tourist hut and places for sitting and moving around.

Kurukshetra:

Kurukshetra is a great pilgrimage place for Hindus and tourists from all over the country who visit the ‘venue of the Mahabharata war and the birth place of The Bhagwad Gita. Building on its historical and in cultural traditions, Kurukshetra has developed to become a modern city.

The Brahmasarovar, Sri Krishna Museum and the Science Museum (Panorama) are its chief attractions. Kurukshetra district is a tourist’s delight; there are about 360 tirthas of religious and historic importance for him. Out of these, about 134 tirthas are being maintained by Kurukshetra Development Board, Kurukshetra.

Kala teetar:

It is located at a distance of 325 kilometres from Delhi on Delhi- Ganganagar road on an area of 8.5 acres. It is situated on the intersection of Rajasthan Canal and Bhakra Canal near Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan border. Facilities provided at this resort include the motel, restaurant, fast food counter, boating children’s park, mini zoo, arrangements for gatherings, green lawn and parking facilities.

Bhindawas bird sanctuary:

This is in district Jhajjar at a distance of around 15 kilometres from j Jhajjar town and is about three-and-a half hour drive from Delhi. The lake and birds in it are the main attraction of this complex. The sanctuary j is spread over an area of 1,074 acres, which makes it considerably larger than Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary.

The peripheral embankment is man-made and constructed to store water escaping from Jawaharlal Nehru Canal through an escape channel at the time of power failure of the lift canal system. The Bhindawas Lake is being used by the migratory and resident birds about 250 species. The best time to visit is December- January when one can watch the maximum number of birds. The winter timings are from 6:30 am to 5 pm and in summer, from 6 am to 6 pm.

The road to the lake is breath-taking with brilliant yellow mustard fields on all sides during the spring season. There are many species of water birds to be seen near the canal even before on reaches the sanctuary. A vehicle track goes all around the lake. The government officials at the sanctuary are quite knowledgeable and keep a track of various birds that visit the lake.

There are two watchtowers on the edge of the lake and the whole lake, full of birds, is visible from there. Even the areas surrounding the sanctuary have a large variety of birds. Since it is difficult to get close to these birds, photographing them is difficult unless one owns an expensive camera with powerful lenses.

The sanctuary is facing a big problem in the form of the weed, which is water hyacinth. It has choked large sections of the lake. With the removal of water hyacinth, this sanctuary would attract many more birds. The State Government has made some efforts to clear this weed from the lake.

Another problem is the drying up of this lake during the periods of lean rainfall and/or shortage of water in the nearby canal. Haryana Tourism also plans to build a resort here to provide food and lodging facilities to bird lovers who may like to spend the night here.

Blue Peafowl, Gray Francolin, Black Francolin, Graylag Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Bar-headed Goose, Comb Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Great Cormorant, Common Teal, Northern Paintail, Northern Shoveler, Red-vented Bulbul, Common Pochard, Black-rumped Flameback, Common Hoopoe, White-throated Kingfisher, Green Bee- eater, Black Drongo, Pied Cuckoo, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Rose- ringed Parakeet, Spotted Owlet, Blue Rock Pigeon, Great Egret, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Collared Dove, Mallard, Crested Lark, Jungle Babbler, Ashy Prinia etc. are some of the more common birds found in this sanctuary. The antelope Neelgai (Blue Bull) and the Jungle Cat can also be seen in this sanctuary.