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Banjara Lake

Coordinates: 17°24′39.55″N 78°26′55.4″E / 17.4109861°N 78.448722°E / 17.4109861; 78.448722
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Banjara Lake
Location of Banjara lake within India
Location of Banjara lake within India
Banjara Lake
LocationBanjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Coordinates17°24′39.55″N 78°26′55.4″E / 17.4109861°N 78.448722°E / 17.4109861; 78.448722
Typeartificial lake
Basin countriesIndia
Max. depth5 m (16 ft)
SettlementsHyderabad

Banjara Lake or Hamed Khan Kunta is a small water body situated in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1]

History

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The lake was built in 1930. At the time the locality had mansions and residences of royal elite. It was once spread over an area of more than one kilometre.[2]

Conservation

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The lake receives sewer water from adjoining localities.[3] Efforts are on to conserve the lake by organisations like Save Our Urban Lakes (SOUL).[4]

Banjara lake polluted

References

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  1. ^ "Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Water Board under fire for dying Banjara lake". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  2. ^ TNM Staff (27 December 2016). "Hyderabad's Banjara Lake being dumped with debris, allege activists". The News Minute. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ Nanisetti, Serish (4 March 2017). "Banjara Lake to shrink further". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ Special Correspondent. "City NGO focuses on poor state of Banjara lake at CoP 11". The Hindu. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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