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Hyderabad: A team of engineers from the Bengaluru lakes department visited the city on Tuesday, July 8, to observe the lake rejuvenation efforts undertaken by Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA). The engineers from Karnataka were left impressed and expressed that every state needed a body like HYDRAA. The team from Karnataka, including chief engineer Haridasu, executive engineers Nithya, Bhuprada, and Mahadev, along with other state representatives, toured the Bum-Rukn-ud-Daula Lake in Old City and the Bathukamma Kunta in Amberpet, which have been restored by HYDRAA. They studied encroachment removal processes and praised HYDRAA's efforts to protect FTLs, buffer zones, and public spaces. The engineers appreciated HYDRAA's approach in developing lakes that were on the brink of disappearance or were heavily polluted. They commented that clearing encroachments is the most challenging part of lake restoration and praised HYDRAA for what they were able to achieve in such a short period. Talking about Bengaluru's efforts in lake rejuvenation, they said that they have been determining lake boundaries and installing fencing to prevent encroachments since 2006. HYDRAA was set up in 2024 for safeguarding public assets, coordinating urban disaster response, and reviving Hyderabad's water commons. It has since embarked on the revival of various priority waterbodies through a mix of legal action, community outreach, and contemporary hydrological planning.
Hyderabad: Light to moderate rains over the last month have laid bare the substandard condition of roads in the city, with several stretches developing potholes that are adding to the woes of motorists.While the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) maintains a vast road network of 9,000 km, which includes 2,846 km of blacktop roads and 6,167 km of cement concrete roads, it identified more than 8,000 potholes, averaging almost one pothole per km. The LB Nagar zone, connecting Hyderabad with Vijayawada, alone accounts for 25% of all potholes in the city.Although the civic body initiate ...Read More >
The Hyderabad Traffic Police have issued an advisory in view of the Bonalu festivities on July 20 and 21, with diversions planned across old city, Amberpet, and Chilkalguda areas to ensure public safety and smooth movement of devotees. Traffic diversions will be enforced around Mahankali Temple in Amberpet from 6 a.m. on July 20 to 6 a.m. on July 22. Vehicles from Uppal heading towards Chaderghat or MGBS will have to use Amberpet flyover. Devotees visiting the temple will be allowed to park at t ...Read More >
Jhansi: A bomb threat delayed the Durg-bound Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express on Friday night, when it was halted at Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi railway station for nearly an hour. The threat turned out to be a hoax, and the train resumed its journey after a thorough inspection. According to SP, GRP, Vipul Srivastav, after the train left Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi around 6pm on Friday, a call was recieved at the railway helpline 139, claiming that a bomb had been planted in a sleeper coach of the train. The railway control room in Lucknow started preparations for search of the ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, India -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has abandoned a three-decade-old policy of relocating families from Dal Lake, replacing it with a new conservation strategy that treats lake dwellers as partners in restoration rather than obstacles to it. The policy shift, announced in March 2026, comes as residents around the iconic Himalayan lake witnessed green sludge accumulating on the water's surface in recent weeks, triggering public concern about pollution levels in the 18-square-kilometre wetland ecosystem. Under the new approach, named the "Integrated Management Plan of Dal-Nigee ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The 2025 Bathukamma festival is set to be celebrated with increased fervour in Hyderabad this September, as rejuvenation works at Bathukamma Kunta in Bagh Amberpet near completion. For the first time in years, women from surrounding areas will be able to celebrate the nine-day festival at the lake, which had previously been rendered unusable due to encroachments and pollution. HYDRAA, with support from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), began restoration of the 14.02-acre lake in February this year at an estimated cost of Rs 9.8 crore. Minor works are underway ...Read More >
New Delhi: Haryana released additional water into the Yamuna's main channel from the Hathnikund Barrage, days before Chhath Puja, data from Central Water Commission (CWC) shows.The higher flow is expected to improve the water quality and ensure adequate flow for the festival, some experts said. An official, however, said that the move was for rejuvenating the river, "not just for Chhath Puja. It's also to maintain the river's flow and keep it clean." CWC data shows that since 5 pm on Tuesday, no water was diverted into the Eastern and Western Yamuna Canals, which typically draw a major share o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday attacked the Centre and Rajasthan governments over the reported plan to redraw the boundaries of the Sariska Tiger Reserve for the reactivation of over 50 mining operations, saying the move would be "ecologically devastating". The opposition party also said that with the Rajasthan and Union environment ministers both being from Alwar, this "double engine" cannot be supporting such a move. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a media report which claimed that a plan to redraw the boundaries of Rajasthan's ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The decomposed body of an unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was found in the Pochammakunta in Gachibowli, on Thursday morning. The body was first spotted by the security staff of a company during a routine patrol around 8.30 am. Pentala Anil Kumar, a senior executive at the company, was informed by security officer Goreta Suresh Babu and alerted the Gachibowli police. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Shanker K. and his team visited the spot, retrieved the body from the lake, and began a preliminary investigation. According to ASI Shanker, the man is suspected to have ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan made strong remarks on the necessity of education while addressing a gathering at the Agaram Foundation event in Chennai. Education is the only weapon that can break the chains of dictatorship and Sanatan, the Rajya Sabha MP said on Sunday. Kamal Haasan added, Dont take anything else in your hands, only education. We cannot win without it, because the majority can make you lose. Majority Fools (Moodargal) will make u lose; knowledge alone will seem defeated. That why we must hold on to it (Educat ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Monday introduced a state-of-the-art amphibious excavator near Sanjeevaiah Park along PVNR Marg to boost lake restoration works. The machinery was inaugurated by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. It will be used for desilting, dredging, removal of aquatic weeds, strengthening of bunds, and clearing of debris and sludge in lakes and nalas, including Kukatpally Nala. Officials said the equipment would support the restoration of water bodies and improve urban water management. It will also be deployed during major festiva ...Read More >
Kadapa: A lake that once sustained nearly 20 villages in Rajampet of Annamayya district has been encroached following expansion of the Annamacharya University at Tallapaka. According to details placed in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly following the controversy, around 5.60 acres of lake land falling under survey numbers 1076, 1080 and 1082 within Rajampet mandal has been encroached for the university. Though the institution officially has 35 acres adjacent to the water body, structures and boundary walls have extended into the lake bed, effectively reducing its storage capacity. Vi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A coded WhatsApp message, "Bhai, baccha aa gaya", was all it took to alert consumers to collect ganja at the HDFC Bank branch in Gachibowli from a Maharashtra-based supplier. Acting on a tip-off, the EAGLE narcotics wing conducted a decoy operation on Saturday and caught 14 people red-handed as they tried to purchase the contraband. The accused include Naveen (31), an online trader; Ayush (22), a student; Nikhil (29), a racing engineer; Sindura (26), an architect; Hasan (34), a property manager; Kranti (28), an IT employee; Akhil (28), a dental technician; Shiva (32), a business re ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Friday marked its first year of existence with a public event at Bathukamma Kunta in Amberpet, where students joined hands with local residents to form a human chain. The location for the celebration was apt, as it symbolises HYDRAA's efforts to reclaim and safeguard public assets. According to HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ranganath, the agency has reclaimed approximately 500 acres of public land, including water bod ...Read More >
Pune: For the past six days, around 270 flats in Baner's Anjor society, 14 flats of Carnation society, and nearby homes in Veerbhadranagar have been receiving contaminated water that appears muddy and carries a foul, drainage-like odour. Initially, residents of Anjor society assumed that their own water tank needed cleaning. However, when the quality of water supply did not improve despite cleaning out the tank, they complained to the ward office on Wednesday this week. According to the residents, for the next two days, ward officials kept passing the buck. Finally, on Friday morning, they con ...Read More >
Understandably, Congress wants to push forward its ideas to oppose the BJP, but evicting people from their homes, from a massive building nonetheless, is certainly not the way. But here's some background for context. The Musi river gets its name from the two streams, Moosa and Eesi, which converge near the Golconda fort. The river has existed for centuries before Hyderabad was founded in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the fourth king of the Golconda dynasty (1518-1687). It is why Hyderabad is ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday. CM Reddy appealed to the people to extend all kinds of support, regardless of politics, to the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, which aims to revive the extinct River Musi and protect the city from future flood fury, a Telangana CMO release said. Also Read | Karur Tragedy: Madras High Court Cancels Urgent Hearing on Stampede at Vijay's TVK Election Rally in Tamil Nadu. Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kun ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that the Amberpet constituency will get a "Mini-Secretariat", with all government and administrative offices under one roof. Speaking at the inauguration of the Bathukammakunta lake on Sunday, which was recently revived by HYDRAA, amid cheers from thousands of women, Revanth Reddy said: "When we were setting up HYDRAA, many people gave different opinions and statements against it. We crossed every single hurdle, and the restoration of Bathukammakunta is the best example for that." Revanth Reddy prayed at the lake and celebrated Bathuk ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday appealed to the poor living in the periphery and buffer zones of the Musi River and other water bodies in the city to cooperate with the govt in completing the Musi rejuvenation project and protect other water bodies, primarily to save their lives, property, and household items, including educational certificates, which have been washed away in floods caused by cloudbursts linked to climate change."Due to drastic climate changes, especially after Covid-19, not only Hyderabad and Telangana, but also states in North India are experiencing 40 to ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 11 (PTI) The Indian Army has launched Operation Shiva as part of a multi-tier security setup to secure the ongoing Amarnath Yatra deploying 8,500 troops and a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) grid on the twin routes to the cave shrine, an official on Friday said. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine commenced on July 3 from the valley via twin tracks -- the traditional 48-kilometre-long Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the 14-kilometre shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district. The yatra will conclude on August 9. "The Indian Army h ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed an advanced malaria vaccine that can prevent plasmodium falciparum infection in individuals and minimise community transmission. The ICMR Delhi has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies and manufacturers enthusiastic about the Transfer of Technology for commercial production of "a recombinant chimeric multi-stage malaria vaccine (AdFalciVax) against plasmodium falciparum". The pre-clinical validation of this te ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy today highlighted the importance of the revival of Musi river which has turned into a dump yard due to neglect of the previous governments. The CM said "Our government is moving forward to protect water bodies and revive the abandoned lakes and ponds under the Musi project." Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in the city, Revanth Reddy appealed to the people to extend all support to the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation Project, aiming to revive the extinct river Musi and protect the cit ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) For the upcoming Kanwar Yatra, scheduled to start from July 11, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has formed a panel of 11 officials to coordinate closely with magistrate offices and Kanwar camp organisers to provide clean drinking water. Officials have been directed to carry out the preparations with utmost priority and prepare a schedule for providing water tankers, including frequency and volume. "Sufficient water tankers shall be deployed at all designated Kanwar camps. To ensure the well-being and convenience of these pilgrims, it is imperative that an adequate water supp ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: The Spiti Valley of Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, perched high in the Trans-Himalayan region, has been recognised as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. It is among the 26 new biosphere reserves designated across several countries. With this inclusion, India now has 13 biosphere reserves in the MAB Network. The recognition was formally conferred during the 37th International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) meeting held in Hangzhou, China, from September 26 to 28. Encompassing windswept plateaus ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The traffic police here on Friday, September 26, has shut down the Chaderghat Causeway bridge, Kulsumpura to Puranapul to Jiyaguda road and the Moosarambagh due to heavy rainfall which has caused floods in Hyderabad. On the same day, several houses lying on the banks of the Musi River near Chaderghat were partially submerged, including the new bridge in the flood waters, after 10,439 cusecs were released from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar twin-reservoirs at 1 p.m. due to heavy rains in Hyderabad. Due to rainfall and forecast, the discharge from Himayath Sagar will be gradually inc ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday appealed to people to support the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, aiming to revive the extinct river and protect Hyderabad from flood fury in the future. Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet, the Chief Minister said that even more than two centimetres of rainfall in Hyderabad is causing flooding. Voicing concern over the climate change causing frequent cloud bursts, he said the state government has prepared plans to strengthen infrastructure and environment ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The energy department is using lake beds to set up solar panels under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-Kusum)-C scheme as government or private land is not available for the same. This decision comes at a time when the state government is facing stiff opposition from environmentalists, urban planners and conservationists to its proposal to shrink buffer zones of lakes and rajakaluves for development projects. Bescom has identified 15 lake beds on the outskirts of Bengaluru and other district headquarters in its jurisdiction to set up solar panels. Per ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Monday introduced a state-of-the-art amphibious excavator near Sanjeevaiah Park along PVNR Marg to boost lake restoration works. The machinery was inaugurated by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. It will be used for desilting, dredging, removal of aquatic weeds, strengthening of bunds, and clearing of debris and sludge in lakes and nalas, including Kukatpally Nala. Officials said the equipment would support the restoration ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Amid chaos, protests and orders, HYDRAA officials removed the tens of illegal borewells installed at Madhapur's Sunnam Cheruvu on Monday. Water tanker businesses had illegally dug borewells on the lake, collected polluted water and sold it to nearby hostels and PGs. A case had been booked last week. HYDRAA, along with removing the illegal borewells, also razed the borewell sheds raised on the lake's full tank level (FTL), and seized the water tankers. Commissioner A.V. Ranganath said that the water tanker business kingpin Venkatesh was arrested by Madhapur police on Sunday. While ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has launched Operation Shiva 2025 to ensure the smooth and secure conduct of the Amarnath Yatra. The operation is being carried out in close coordination with the civil administration and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). The Army on Friday said, "This annual high-tempo operation aims to provide robust security architecture along both the Northern and Southern Yatra routes, particularly in light of the heightened threat from Pakistan-backed proxies in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor." As part of this year's enhanced security framework, over 8,500 troops have ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been locked inside the car for several hours. The extreme heat and humidity had made his condition critic ...Read More >