Belasagar Lake

The lake of Belasagar nestles in Belatal village of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which is just at a distance of 10 km towards the south of Kulpahar. The lake also serves as the water supply to the village and the people living in a vicinity to this lake called it as Bela Taal. This lake of Belasagar was constructed by Raja Parikshit of Jaitpur in the loving memory of his wife Bela in the final decade of 19th century and is sprawled over an area of 8 sq km. the lake of Belasagar is bordered with Kulpahar-Nowgong road on one side and Jaitur-Srinagar road on other. The people living in the Kulpahar region are totally dependent on the lake as the source of drinking water as well as irrigation process. On the embankment of the lake, the relics of forts of Raja Jagatraj and Raja Parikshit are found here on the hillock.