Lakes in Hyderabad

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Hussain Sagar is the biggest lake in Hyderabad. Blue water,hussian sagar lake,hyderabad,A.P - panoramio.jpg
Hussain Sagar is the biggest lake in Hyderabad.

Once upon a time, Hyderabad was known as City of Lakes. Some of these lakes are natural and various are manmade bodies. [1] As per various sources only a few decades back, Hyderabad had a large number of water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, aquaculture ponds, tanks etc. (as per some sources between 3000 and 7000 including natural and manmade bodies. Locally known as cheruvu, kunta, tanks ). As per the data from National Remote Sensing Centre, between 1979 and 2023 there has been a reduction of 61% in city’s lake area. Area occupied by 56 lakes were examined and it was found that the total area of these lakes has shrunk from 40.35 km2 (15.58 sq mi)16 km2 (6.2 sq mi). [2] Most of these lakes have totally disappeared and the surface area of most of the surviving lakes have shrunken and turned to tiny ponds and cesspool. [3] Some of the lakes which have totally disappeared are Tigal Kunta, Somajiguda Tank, Mir Jumla tank, Pahar Tigal Kunta, Kunta Bhawani Das, Nawab Saheb Kunta, Afzalsagar, Nallakunta, Masab Tank etc. [4] Hussainsagar Lake, Kunta Mallaiyapalli have shrunk drastically. [5] Out of thousands of water bodies those were existing in 1970s in various sizes in and around Hyderabad, today only about 70 to 500 of them have survived. Most of them have disappeared due to encroachment or have been illegally drained for real estate projects by private or government agencies. The existing lakes have been used to dump garbage and sewage water. Most of these lakes and tanks were built during the regime of Qutub Shah in 16th and 17th century and later by Nizams as a source of drinking water for the residents of Hyderabad. [6] [7] The area of Hussain Sagar, which is the largest lake in Hyderabad shrunk by more than 40% i.e. from 550 ha to 349 ha in just 30 years. This lake was built in 1575 AD and since 1930 is not being used as a source for drinking water. [8]

Durgam Cheruvu near HITEC City being slowly encroached by expanding city Meet the evil side of Hitech skyline (4281610065).jpg
Durgam Cheruvu near HITEC City being slowly encroached by expanding city
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Khajaguda Talab
Himayat Sagar which was once a major source of drinking water for Hyderabad Himayath sagar lake view.jpg
Himayat Sagar which was once a major source of drinking water for Hyderabad

Similarly, the area occupied by Shamirpet lake shrunk from 486 ha in 1989 to 256 ha in 2006. In total about 3245 ha of water bodies were lost in 12 years (from 1989 to 2001). [9]

As of 2010, 500 lakes were under HUDA jurisdiction. As of May 2018, HUDA maintains record of 169 lakes which occupy an area of more than 10 hectares. Out of this 62 lakes were under the control of government, 25 are owned by private organisations and 82 lakes are under joint government private ownership. As per existing government norms, no construction of any kind, irrespective of the ownership status is allowed on the lake bed. This rules are frequently violated both by government and private agencies. [10] The Jubilee Bus Station is located where once the Picket lake used to exist. Madhapur the IT hub of Hyderabad once used to be a network of lakes. The MaSaheba Tank which is now Masab Tank has also almost disappeared and today is occupied by various residential and commercial buildings. [2]

Some surviving lakes are listed below. Some of them are under restoration with funds provided by the National Lake Conservation Plan. [11] [12] [13] Out of the 169 large water bodies notified by HUDA, in first phase it was proposed to restore 87 lakes. [14]


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