Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Tuesday, April 21, removed encroachments from a one-acre pond in Jagadgirigutta, giving it a new lease of life.
HYDRAA took action after a video of a priest from a nearby temple went viral, asking to protect the pond. The Koneru (temple tank) once served as a gathering place for numerous temples. However, for the past 22 years, encroachments swallowed the pond and it was used as a parking space.
On Tuesday, officials cleared nearly 26 truckloads of waste, garbage, and silt from the pond and initiated restoration efforts.
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