Baby ponds turn mosquito breeding hubs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Baby ponds turn mosquito breeding hubs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The artificial ponds dug in the city for idol immersion, called baby ponds, have not only become an eye sore for public, they have also become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. People living near these ponds fear an outbreak of vector borne diseases.“The unclean water has resulted in an increase of mosquito population. We fear outbreak of dengue, malaria and other diseases due to these unclean ponds,” said Banjara Balu, a worker at a nursery near the artificial pond close to Hussain Sagar. GHMC chief entomologist Ram Babu told Deccan Chronicle that GHMC is taking all precautions for effective surveillance and control of mosquito breeding and spread of vector borne diseases.

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Hyderabad: Lotus Pond Turns Eyesore
2 months ago

Hyderabad: Lotus Pond Turns Eyesore

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Lotus Pond, nestled in MLA Colony, Jubilee Hills, near the residence of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Plastic and thermocol material float on top of the pond, while algae blankets it’s edge, adding to the foul smell. “It’s not a pond but a dumpster full of breeding mosquitoes,” says Shrutee Ghosh, a senior graphic designer in an MNC. …

High-Level Vetting of City Ponds Ahead of Ganapati Immersion
4 months, 1 week ago

High-Level Vetting of City Ponds Ahead of Ganapati Immersion

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Authorities of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Thursday visited various ponds in the city to inspect arrangements for the immersion of idols during the upcoming Lord Gansha festival. The team visited several areas in Serilingampally zone and inspected sanitation, condition of roads and ponds and made suggestions to respective officials. Meanwhile, dengue cases are rising in residential areas around …

Lakes festival as a part of Telangan formation
1 year, 7 months ago

Lakes festival as a part of Telangan formation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The government celebrated ‘Ooroora Cheruvala Panduga ’ as part of the state Formation Day celebrations on Thursday. At a programme at Lotus Pond, minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav unveiled a booklet on lakes. They are providing drinking and irrigation water.” In the past, farmers, used to suffer due to lack of water, but today the ponds have plenty of water, …

185 water bodies in Hyd decorated as part of TS Formation Day celebrations
1 year, 7 months ago

185 water bodies in Hyd decorated as part of TS Formation Day celebrations

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The government celebrated ‘Ooroora Cheruvala Panduga ’ as part of the state Formation Day celebrations on Thursday. In the HMDA area, all 185 water bodies had been decorated. They are providing drinking and irrigation water.” Farmers used to suffer due to lack of water in the past, but today the ponds have plenty of water, he said. Srinivas Yadav …

Hyderabad’s Ganesh festival is ‘immersed’ in controversy
2 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad’s Ganesh festival is ‘immersed’ in controversy

The Hindu  

The annual fete of Ganesh immersion is upon the city, when boisterous celebrations surrounding the nine-day Ganesh Navratri reach their convulsive crescendo. Mr. Sanjay’s allegations that the government had been conspiring to create hurdles to the festivities on the pretext of environmental pollution, were met with clarifications from the government, that clay idols will be allowed to be immersed in …

Telangana government in a bind over court orders and religious sentiments
2 years, 4 months ago

Telangana government in a bind over court orders and religious sentiments

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: This year’s Ganesh festival that starts on August 31 will be a litmus test for the authorities in implementing the High Court orders with regard to immersion of idols in the city lakes. The High Court on July 21 directed that Plaster of Paris idols could not be immersed in lakes, including Hussainsagar, and that a separate arrangement for …

Big Ganesha has baby pond this time around
3 years, 3 months ago

Big Ganesha has baby pond this time around

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the Telangana High Court rejecting the plea of the state government to permit immersion of Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris in Hussain Sagar and other lakes, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been caught in a dilemma over big idols including Khairatabad Ganesha, apart from 30,000 other idols which were conventionally immersed in the iconic Hussain …

Hyderabad: Immersion ponds under attack by encroachers
5 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad: Immersion ponds under attack by encroachers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Squatters are not even sparing immersion ponds, artificially constructed for Ganesh and Bathukamma festivities. Criminals have encro-ached upon baby ponds at Pathi Kunta, Nagole Cheruvu, Raisamudram, Kaidamma Kunta, Gopi Cheruvu and Pragati Nagar while others were on the verge of being encroached upon. Each pond is around 43x43 m in size and 4m deep and built by the civic …

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