The Red Hills Lake, located in Ambattur taluka of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India, is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai. On account of scanty rainfall for last three years (2003-05), the Red Hills Lake looks like a small pond. A taluka is an administrative division in India below a district; called tahsil/tehsil in northern India. ... Thiruvallur is an city in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolis. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The area around the Red Hills Lake is also associated with formation of No. 357 Squadron [1] of the Royal Air Force, which had a base here during World War II. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...