CONTENTS CHAPER 1: Introduction . 24 1.1 Introduction 24 1.1.2 Present Scenario 24 1.1.3 Case Studies 27 1.1.4 Role of the Government 30 1.1.5 Challenges in the Governance 32 CHAPER 2: Rationale of the Study 34 2.1 Rationale of the study 35 2.2 Research Problem 37 2.3 Objectives 37 2.4 Scope and Limitations 38 2.5 Methodology 38 2.5.1 Sampling for the citizens survey 40 CHAPTER 3: Nagpur City and its Lakes 40 3.1 Nagpur City Profile 43 3.1.1 Demographic Profile of the City 44 3.2 Urban Local Body and Planning Authority . 45 3.2.1 Urban Local Body: Nagpur Municipal Corporation 45 3.2.2. Planning Authority: Nagpur Improvement Trust 46 3.2.3. Development of the City 46 3.3 Water bodies 49 3.3.1: Ambazari Lake 50 3.3.2: Futala Lake 52 3.3.3: Gandhisagar Lake 53 3.3.4: Sakkardara Lake 55 3.3.5: Sonegaon Lake 57 3.3.6: Pandhrabodi Lake 58 3.3.7: Naik Lake 60 CHAPTER 4: Changing Status of the Lakes in Nagpur City . 63 4.1 Ambazari Lake . 64 4.2 Futala Lake . 65 4.3 Gandhisagar Lake 68 4.4 Sakkardara Lake 68 4.5 Sonegaon Lake . 69 4.6 Pandhrabodi Lake 71 4.7 Naik Lake 73 CHAPTER 5: Governance Structure and Lake Management Approaches 76 5.1 The Central Government 77 5.1.1 National Lake Conservation Plan 78 5.1.2 Activities covered under NLCP 78 5.2 The Local Level 79 5.2.1 The Urban Local Body (Nagpur Municipal Corporation) 79 5.2.2 Pench Project Cell . 80 5.2.3 Health Department 80 5.3 NGOs 89 CHAPTER 6: Stakeholders Perception 87 6.1 Pench Project Cell 88 6.2 NGO 90 6.3 Citizens Perception 91 CHAPTER 7: Issues and Recommendations 99 7.1.1 Absence of coordination between the Lake Management bodies 100 7.1.3 Recommendation: formation of an integrative body dolely for lake maintenance 102 7.2.2 Revenue generation strategies for lake maintenance 103 7.3 Citizens attitude towards the Lakes .Error! Bookmark not defined. 7.3.1 Involvement of stakeholders for lake management 104 REFERENCES 105