Setting an example for many other RWAs to follow, residents of the Gautami Enclave in Kondapur have been breathing life into the community through Project Neer for eight years now, reports The Hindu newspaper. That the 90 plus rainwater harvesting pits, the 100 plus foot injection wells, and speed breakers in the colony which double up as water channels, are indeed doing what they are intended to do is evident from the 5000 plus burgeoning saplings in the colony of 70 buildings. On a good rainy day, the Project Neer system helps save upwards …
Hyderabad’s heritage sites are a fast disappearing legacy if current trends are anything to go by. Nine out of 10 pre-historic archaeological sites in Hyderabad and its surrounding areas listed in the new Heritage Act of Telangana, 2017, are no longer traceable, writes Sirish Nanisetty writing in the Hindu quoting archaeologists and officials of Department of Heritage, Telangana. With the disappearance of these 3,000-2,500-year-old sites, Hyderabad has lost a part of its heritage that traced the city’s evolution to the late Stone Age period. …
From a low of 180 in 2015, to 25 in 2016 and finally to the number one among 434 cities in 2017 and yet again retaining its top ranking in the Swachh Survekshan 2018 , the story of Indore’s tryst with cleanliness is indeed awe inspiring. It is the story of how Indore’s iron lady, Mayor Malini Gaur and her team withstood all resistance from political parties, business lobbies and sanitation workers alike, to make the city and its people consistently adhere to the rigor to ensure it remained a clean city. Read all about it here.
The monsoon is here, and while it’s a great respite from the scorching heat, it’s also time to take extra care of your health. Diarrhoea, gastrointestinal infections, leptospirosis, jaundice and typhoid are common during the rainy season. The muddy puddles outside our homes also provide breeding grounds for all sorts of vectors like flies and mosquitoes that can cause malaria, dengue, and chikungunya. Read Full Story
Irked with long delays while commuting across the Hafeezpet-KBHP road in Hyderabad, unknown residents have renamed the road ‘KTR-IT-Park Road’ in reference to Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao. The banner carrying the name also has a message reading ‘safety at your risk.’ Source: 'Safety at your own risk': Irked with bad road, Hyderabad residents name it after KTR
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