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Ameenpur Lake is a major spot for birdwatchers in Hyderabad. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In 2017, it was reported that the lake was home to 8 species of mammals, 166 birds, 45 herpetofauna (12 amphibians and 34 reptiles), 9 species of fish, and 143 invertebrates (26 aquatic beetles, 41 butterflies, 18 odonates, 25 arachnids , and 33 other invertebrates).
The lake was gradually occupied by land grabbers and converted into a dump yard for construction debris, garbage, sewage discharge and covered in water hyacinth. At one stage, the surface area of the lake was less than 25 acres (0.10 km 2). Efforts to restore the lake were undertaken in 2016 with the help of NGOs based in Hyderabad. The ...
Hussain Sagar is the biggest lake in Hyderabad.. Once upon a time, Hyderabad was known as City of Lakes.Some of these lakes are natural and various are manmade bodies. [1] 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 ...
This lake supplied water to 900 acres of Ayakattu in Kamareddy, Sarampally and Narsampally areas. An official survey dated February 25, 2014 showed that the Full Tank level (FTL) of Khajaguda Talab is spread over 38.004 acres (15.38 ha) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and a resurvey dated September 18, 2019, showed that the lake is 37 acres (14.97 ha).
The substantial marsh and permanent water weed on the south-west edge of the lake provide perfect habitat for the moorhens and swamphens which prefer well-vegetated lakes. A few river terns , a pair of black-winged stilts , and a few red-wattled lapwings have also been spotted in the lake.
Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Medak District of Telangana, India, 50 km northwest of Hyderabad. The sanctuary follows the course of the Manjira River for 36 km. [2] This man-made reservoir provides drinking water to Hyderabad and Secunderabad. It has nine small islands, including Puttigadda, Bapangadda, Sangamadda and Karnamgadda.
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It is one of the oldest sanctuaries of Telangana. On 30 January 1952, the erstwhile Hyderabad Government declared it as a sanctuary because of its rich bio-diversity. The land is undulating from steep slopes to gentle slopes from west to east. Three-quarters of the area consists of a plain while the rest is hilly with many streams and springs.