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Hyderabad: Bansilalpet Step Well Restoration Sparks Controversy
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Bansilalpet Step Well Restoration Sparks Controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The wooden sign reading ‘Bansilalpet’, affixed to the entrance arch of the historic Bansilalpet step well, fell down on Sunday, revealing underlying issues with the restoration process. Although the GHMC and HMDA, with private funding, undertook the step well's restoration in 2021, the question of who is responsible for its maintenance remains unresolved. “GHMC needs to appoint traffic vigilance …

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Choreographing a dance performance in a stepwell
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Choreographing a dance performance in a stepwell

The Hindu  

The sound of ghungroos resonates at a stage constructed around an ancient tree that abuts the recently restored, Sri Siddarameshwara Swamy stepwell at Bikhanoor in Kamareddy district of Telangana. The stepwell at Ammapalli Sita Ramachandra Swamy Temple at Shamshabad first witnessed a dance performance by Sandjhya Rao, organised by Parampara in 2016; more recently the 17th century stepwell at Bansilalpet …

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Woman ends life with her twin children in Secunderabad
1 year, 6 months ago

Woman ends life with her twin children in Secunderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman, Gandham Soundarya, along with her twin children Nidarsh and Nitya, died by suicide at Bansilalpet in Secunderabad, due to alleged harassment for additional dowry from Soundarya’s husband G. Ganesh, a barber at Padmaraonagar. Soundarya’s mother Komuravelli Durgamma said the harassment started when Soundarya conceived, with Ganesh threatening that he would throw her out if she gave …

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Hyderabad’s stepwells turn into community hubs
1 year, 11 months ago

Hyderabad’s stepwells turn into community hubs

Live Mint  

A cool breeze fanned guests as they watched dancers perform at the Bansilalpet stepwell, illuminated with strings of lights, at the inauguration of the renovated 17th century monument last month. The Hyderabad Design Forum, a private group of architects, water conservationists and engineers, identified around 100 stepwells in the state and submitted a list of 16 for restoration to the …

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Big 5 Construction Impact Award for Bansilalpet step well restoration
2 years, 1 month ago

Big 5 Construction Impact Award for Bansilalpet step well restoration

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Bansilalpet step well and precinct restoration project received the Big 5 Construction Impact Award in Dubai on Monday, the day it was inaugurated by minister K.T. These awards by the United Arab Emirates ministry of energy and infrastructure recognise sustainable development and technological and digital achievements in the construction industry. Making the announcement on Twitter, Arvind Kumar, special …

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Step well comes to life at Bansilalpet
2 years, 1 month ago

Step well comes to life at Bansilalpet

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: What began as a modest effort to reinvigorate a stepwell blossomed into a lovely celebration on Monday when minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the revitalised and restored Bansilalpet stepwell amid dance, music and cheers. The six-layer stepwell, built in the 17th century and said to bear the footprints of the Kakatiya dynasty as well as traces of the Nizam …

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PM highlights restoration of step-well at Bansilalpet
2 years, 9 months ago

PM highlights restoration of step-well at Bansilalpet

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The step-well in Secunderabad’s Bansilalpet, which was restored recently, caught Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention. This step-well was earlier filled with garbage and debris, but the campaign to revive the step-well has begun.” Arvind Kumar, municipal administration and urban development special chief secretary, along with some NGOs, had successfully restored the well in January. It took five weeks to …

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