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The importance of freshwater has been realized the most in today's world and time. This is primarily because of the lack of it, which is to be blamed to the humankind for their discriminate use of this finite commodity. The technologically advanced countries have some data that they can use for better management of these precious resources i.e. freshwater lakes and rivers. The lakes in particular are at higher risk because of their landlocked nature, where the pollutants are easy to enter and difficult to exit. In view the above, this study was carried out to determine the prevailing situation of selected lakes of study area i.e. Nagpur District of Maharashtra vis-s-vis certain hydrobiological parameters. The data collection was carried out by conducting survey of the lakes and sample processing in a certified laboratory. Based on the study results, it was found that the primary utility of these lakes is for maintaining groundwater table, and two out of three lakes are at high risk of pollution due to anthropometric activities. The seasonal variation data showed that fish productivity and phytoplankton abundance was high during the summer season, while zooplankton abundance was high during the monsoon season. Overall, the data shows that there is a need to intervene by the local governing bodies to preserve these lakes.