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| [[File:Blue water,hussian sagar lake,hyderabad,A.P - panoramio.jpg|thumb|230px|left|[[Hussain Sagar]] is the biggest lake in Hyderabad.]] | |
| Once upon a time, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] was known as '''City of Lakes'''. Some of these lakes are natural and various are manmade bodies. As per various sources only a few decades back, Hyderabad had a large number of [[water bodies]] such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, aquaculture ponds, tanks etc. (as per some sources between 3000 and 7000 including natural and manmade bodies. Locally known as ''cheruvu, kunta, tanks'' ). Most of these lakes have totally disappeared and the surface area of most of the surviving lakes have shrunken and turned to tiny ponds and cesspool.<ref>{{cite news |last=B. |first=Nitin |date= 2018-12-28|title= Say your goodbyes to Hyderabad lakes |url= https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/say-your-goodbyes-hyderabad-lakes-citys-water-bodies-shrinking-stinking-mess-54934|language=en |work=The NEWS Minute|location=Hyderabad |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> Some of the lakes which have totally disappeared are Tigal Kunta, Somajiguda Tank, Mir Jumla tank, Pahar Tigal Kunta, Kunta Bhawani Das, Nawab Saheb Kunta, Afzalsagar, Nallakunta, Masab Tank etc.<ref>{{cite report |last1= Gumma |first1=Ravi Kumar|date=September 2013 |title=GROUND WATER BROCHURE |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Telangana/Hyderabad.pdf?bcsi_scan_50e22d9f1bebc2c5=0&bcsi_scan_filename=Hyderabad.pdf |access-date=2018-11-08 |department=CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD, MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA|location= Hyderabad|publisher= MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA}}</ref> Hussainsagar Lake, Kunta Mallaiyapalli have shrunk drastically.<ref>{{cite news |last= Nanisetti|first=Serish |date= 2017-10-14|title= In Hyderabad, lakes are nothing but urban myths|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/in-hyderabad-lakes-are-nothing-but-urban-myths/article19862817.ece|language=en |work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Hyderabad |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> Out of thousands of water bodies those were existing in 1970s in various sizes in and around Hyderabad, today only about 70 to 500 of them have survived. Most of them have disappeared due to encroachment or have been illegally drained for real estate projects by private or government agencies. The existing lakes have been used to dump garbage and sewage water. Most of these lakes and tanks were built during the regime of Qutub Shah in 16th and 17th century and later by Nizams as a source of drinking water for the residents of Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://watertales.wwfindia.org/water_story_hyderabad.php
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| |title=WHY IS HYDERABAD RUNNING OUT OF WATER? |publisher=[[World Wildlife Fund]] |access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/downloads/hybad_dos.pdf
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| |title=Hyderabad's water blues: Lakes, rivers fall prey to urbanisation |publisher=RainWaterHarvesting.org |access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref> The area of Hussain Sagar, which is the largest lake in Hyderabad shrunk by more than 40% i.e. from 550 ha to 349 ha in just 30 years. This lake was built in 1575 AD and since 1930 is not being used as a source for drinking water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cseindia.org/cases-on-protection-of-lakes-2563 |title=CASES ON PROTECTION OF LAKES |date= 2011-05-09|publisher= Centre for Science and Environment|access-date= 2018-11-08}}</ref> [[File:Meet the evil side of Hitech skyline (4281610065).jpg|thumb|230px|left|[[Durgam Cheruvu]] near [[HITEC City]] being slowly encroached by expanding city]]
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| [[File:Himayath sagar lake view.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[Himayat Sagar]] which was once a major source of drinking water for Hyderabad]] Similarly, the area occupied by Shamirpet lake shrunk from 486 ha in 1989 to 256 ha in 2006. In total about 3245 ha of water bodies were lost in 12 years (from 1989 to 2001).<ref>{{cite report |last1= Prakash |first1=Anjal|date=2013-03-04 |title=Lakes of Hyderabad: Would they survive? |url=https://cdn.cseindia.org/userfiles/anjal_prakash_hydlakes.pdf |access-date=2018-11-09 |department=South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies|location= Hyderabad|publisher= Centre for Science and Environment|publication-place=New Delhi }}</ref>
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| As of 2010, 500 lakes were under [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority|HUDA]] jurisdiction. As of May 2018, HUDA maintains record of 169 lakes which occupy an area of more than 10 hectares. Out of this 62 lakes were under the control of government, 25 are owned by private organisations and 82 lakes are under joint government private ownership. As per existing government norms, no construction of any kind, irrespective of the ownership status is allowed on the lake bed. This rules are frequently violated both by government and private agencies.<ref>{{cite news |date= 2018-05-05|title= Hyderabad: Over 3,000 water bodies disappear in 2 decades|url= https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/050518/hyderabad-over-3000-water-bodies-disappear-in-2-decades.html|language=en |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|location=Hyderabad |access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref>
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| Some surviving lakes are listed below. Some of them are under restoration with funds provided by the National Lake Conservation Plan.
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| <ref>http://www.worldlakes.org/uploads/Management_of_lakes_in_India_10Mar04.pdf Management of Lakes in Inda</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 2017-06-05|title= Hyderabad: Most lakes are either dead or dying |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-most-lakes-are-either-dead-or-dying/articleshow/58987342.cms|language=en |work=[[Times of India]]|location=Hyderabad |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/lakes-do-the-disappearing-act-39215 |title=Lakes do the disappearing act |author=Bharat Lal Seth |date=2015-07-04 |publisher=DownToEarth |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> Out of the 169 large water bodies notified by HUDA, in first phase it was proposed to restore 87 lakes.<ref>{{cite report |last1= Ranjan |first1=Jayesh|title=Conservation of Urban lakes in Hyderabad Urban Area |url=http://www.moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/nlcp/PLenary/PL-6%20Jayesh%20Ranjan.pdf?bcsi_scan_50e22d9f1bebc2c5=0&bcsi_scan_filename=PL-6%20Jayesh%20Ranjan.pdf |access-date=2018-11-09 |department=HUDA|location= Hyderabad|publisher= [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority|HUDA]]}}</ref>
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| * [[Hussain Sagar]]
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| * [[Osman Sagar]]
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| * [[Himayat Sagar]]
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| * [[Shamirpet Lake]]
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| * [[Mir Alam Tank]]
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| * [[Safilguda Lake]]
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| * [[Ramakrishnapuram Lake]]
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| * [[Kapra Lake]]
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| * [[Durgam Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Alwal Lake]]
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| * [[Saroornagar Lake]]
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| * [[Bon Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Jeedimetla Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Nacharam Cheruvu]]
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| *Nallagandla Lake
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| * [[Langarhouz Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Ramanthapur Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Aryana Cheruvu]]
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| * [[Fox Sagar Lake]]
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| * [[Ameenpur Lake]]
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| * [[Khajaguda Lake ]] (Pedda Cheruvu)
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