Hyderabad:“Our government’s strive is to develop Hyderabad into a global city, and Thammidikunta lake’s development is an outcome of that,” Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said.
He said the lake, reduced to 14 acres due to encroachments and dumping, has been expanded to 30 acres with HYDRAA’s efforts.
He inaugurated the lake on Wednesday at Hitec City, along with actor Nagarjuna, Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi, Jubilee Hills MLA Naveen Yadav, Chevella MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, MLC Patnam Mahender Reddy and other leaders.
Speaking at the inaugural, he said: “Hyderabad is also known as Lake and Rock City. Being on the Deccan plateau, we have beautiful rock formations and a large expanse of lakes. Our city had 1,372 lakes within the Outer Ring Road limits, but more than 50% of them have vanished over time.”
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi created the Sabarmati riverfront in Gujarat, and Yamuna riverfront is also developed. Internationally, cities such as London and Singapore are built around riverfronts, as they realised that economic development around lakefronts is important. Even the Nizam did the same, and built Salar Jung Museum, City College, Puranapul bridge, Moazzzam Jahi Market, Veeranari Chakali Ilamma University in and around the Musi. But due to government negligence, the Musi has slowly vanished,” he said.
“The development, purification and clean‑up of the Musi has to happen. Our government will ensure that not a single family is affected by the development works. Let us revive the Musi together,” he said. He also said works on the 21‑kilometre Musi stretch will begin soon, with tenders being called for the riverfront project.
He called actor Nagarjuna a “real hero” for handing over two acres of land to HYDRAA for the lake development.
Vishweshwar Reddy appreciated Revanth Reddy’s works, and said nothing is more important than nature and greenery. He called on HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath for the lake’s restoration works.
Revanth Reddy also handed over the documents of Indiramma houses to 34 displaced families at Ramanthapur’s Pedda Cheruvu during the programme.
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