Lake Garden

Updated June 26, 2025

## Lake Garden (Katargam, Surat): what it is, what’s on-site, and how to plan a visit

Lake Garden is a public garden and lakeside park in Katargam, Surat (Gujarat, India) at Minaxi wadi tekro, near Gajera Circle, Katargam, Surat, Gujarat 395004.

A Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) document refers to a park at Gajera Circle, Swami Parmanand Marg, Katargam, Surat as “Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Lake Garden.” It gives detailed measurements of the garden and lake, along with a list of facilities.

> Note on naming: Your dataset uses “Lake Garden” with the Minaxi Wadi Tekro / Gajera Circle address. Third-party listings also use “Lake Garden” for that same address.
> Separately, SMC uses the formal name “Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Lake Garden” for a lake garden at Gajera Circle in Katargam.
> I’m not asserting they are identical—only that the location references overlap (Gajera Circle, Katargam, Surat 395004) across sources.

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## Quick facts (verifiable)

### Location
– Address (as listed by Trip.com): Minaxi wadi tekro, near Gajera Circle, Katargam, Surat, Gujarat 395004, India
– Neighborhood / city: Katargam, Surat, Gujarat
– Your provided coordinates: 21.2261702, 72.8376164 (treated here as user-provided data, not independently verified in the sources I opened).
– SMC document coordinates (for Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Lake Garden): 21°13’34.7″N, 72°50’15.9″E

### Opening hours (needs a “verify before you go” note)
– A third-party listing shows 10:00 AM–8:30 PM.
Because this is not the park operator’s own page, treat it as potentially changeable.

### What the SMC document says about the garden + lake (Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Lake Garden)
– Built by: Surat Municipal Corporation
– Launched: April 2008
– Total garden area: 4.69 hectares (46,900 m²)
– Water body depth: 3.5 m
– Water holding capacity: 7.2 ML (million liters)
– Facilities listed: walkway, boating, children play area, “bend stand” (as written), bridge

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## What you can realistically do here (based on documented features)

### 1) Walk laps and do low-impact exercise
If you’re looking for a straightforward “move your body” space inside the city, the most concrete on-site feature the SMC document lists is a walkway.
That aligns with how these urban lake gardens are typically used: steady walking, light jogging, and casual evening strolls.

### 2) Bring kids for a contained play stop
The SMC document explicitly lists a children play area, which matters if you’re planning around families or supervising children in a controlled environment (vs. open streets).
Your dataset’s description—“Clean and Huge Garden for Exercise and Children Playing Activities.”—also matches the family-use pattern, but since it’s user-provided text, it should be treated like an anecdotal summary rather than an official claim.

### 3) Lakeside time + boating (when operating)
“Boating” is included in the SMC facilities list.
What’s not stated in the SMC document excerpts I opened: whether boating runs daily, seasonally, or via a separate ticketing setup. So the factual takeaway is simply: boating exists as a facility for the garden (at least as of the document).

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## Planning notes you can publish without guessing

### Best visit length
A third-party listing suggests 1–2 hours as the recommended sightseeing time.
If you publish this, label it clearly as a recommendation from a listing site (not an official rule).

### If you need precise park details (tickets, closures, special rules)
The SMC PDF contains project-style details about the site (dimensions, capacity, improvement recommendations).
But it does not read like a visitor-facing “official hours/fees/rules” page. For publish accuracy, treat hours and fees as variable unless you can cite an operator notice.

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## Accessibility & inclusivity (what we can say with confidence)
– The SMC document lists core infrastructure areas (walkways, sitting areas, toilets/drinking water as improvement items), but it does not provide an accessibility specification (step-free routes, tactile paving, accessible toilets).
– Publish-safe phrasing is: “On-site facilities include walkways and a children’s play area; accessibility details aren’t specified in the sources reviewed.”

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## Data freshness flags (publish this as a callout)
– SMC document timeframe: The PDF references work dated 16/07/2022–05/08/2022, and it describes the garden as launched in April 2008.
That makes it credible for baseline facts (location, approximate scale, lake capacity), but not for today’s operations (pricing, closures, boating schedules).
– Hours from a third party: The 10:00–20:30 hours are from a travel listing page, so they should be treated as unverified operational data that may change.

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## About the rating in your dataset
Your input includes a 4.3 rating. I did not verify that value in the sources opened here, so if you publish it, label it explicitly as “listing/dataset rating” rather than an official metric.

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## What I did not include (because it wasn’t 100% supported by sources)
– Entry fee, official rules, pet policy, holiday closures, exact boating ticket price/schedule, or claims about crowds/cleanliness beyond what was documented.
– Two internal links: I can’t responsibly place internal links without knowing the actual URLs that exist on RealJourneyTravels.com for Surat / Gujarat / parks content.

If you want, paste the two target internal URLs you want used (e.g., your Surat city guide + your “best parks in Surat” post), and I’ll weave them into the article contextually without adding any new claims.

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