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'''Nawab Saheb Kunta''' is a district of [[Hyderabad, India]]. The neighbourhood is located in a low-lying area of the Old City<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/hyderabad/Heavy-rain-lashes-city/articleshow/3344420.cms |title=Heavy rain lashes city |date=9 August 2008 |publisher=[[Times of India]] |access-date=9 January 2010}}</ref> and has been developed since 1978, fully developed locality with all shops, schools, and hospitals. {{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The area is prone to waterlogging and flooding, which sometimes leads to problems with the supply of drinking water. As it is a majority Muslim population the municipality does not do much as compared to Ravindra colony which is nearby<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051158950500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618142542/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051158950500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2009 |title=Residents give a thumbs down to water board |date=5 November 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=9 January 2010 }}</ref><br />
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Nawab Saheb Kunta is a municipal corporation in Hyderabad district, As it is one of the oldest area of Hyderabad. Most of the people live here are Muslims. It has its own GHMC corporator, Shireen Fatima.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/a-student-and-a-corporator-too/article8266159.ece|title=A student and a corporator too!|last=Khan|first=Asif Yar|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en}}</ref><br />
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The medical system of Nawab Saheb Kunta is poor. Regularly, people who live there are diagnosed with different diseases which are rare in more well-to-do areas, like [[Dengue fever|dengue]], [[malaria]], and [[chikungunya]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/hyderabad-another-woman-succumbs-to-swine-flu-toll-touches-3/56662690|title=Hyderabad: Another woman succumbs to swine flu; toll touches 3 - ET HealthWorld|last=www.ETHealthworld.com|website=ETHealthworld.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref><br />
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Unrepaired and Tarmacless roads and scarcity of water continues to affect vast areas of the Old City. The residents of Vettapally, Fatima Nagar, Nawab Sahab kunta, Tigal kunta and Mustafa Nagar of Bhadurpura constituency, alleged that local administration has ignored these areas which lack basic amenities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Bahadurpura-residents-battle-bad-roads-water-problems/articleshow/55886832.cms|title=Bahadurpura residents battle bad roads, water problems|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref><br />
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The [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] party is strong in this area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Candid-Comments/2016-01-27/MIM-and-the-political-contours-of-Old-City/202851|title=MIM and the political contours of Old City|website=The Hans India|language=en|access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref><br />
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The oldest mosques in this area are Masjid-e-Omer Farooq, Masjid-e-Bilal, and Masjid-e-Bibi Fatima.<br />
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