Banjara Lake — Attraction in Hyderabad

Banjara Lake or Hamed Khan Kunta is a small water body in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The lake was built in 1930. At the time the locality had mansions and residences of royal elite. It was once spread over an area of more than one kilometre. The lake receives sewer water from adjoining localities. Efforts are on to conserve the lake by organisations like Save Our Urban Lakes. This place smells horrible. We came to pray on Sivaratri but could not wait to finish darshan and leave. I felt like throwing up,” said Sunita C, a resident of Khairatabad who visited the temple on...

Banjara Lake or Hamed Khan Kunta is a small artificial water body in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.The lake was built in 1930. At the time the locality had mansions and residences of royal elite. It was once spread over an area of more than one kilometre. The lake receives sewer water from adjoining localities. Efforts are on to conserve the lake by organisations like Save Our Urban...

This lake is absolutely dirty and filled with garbage..it is filled with crocodiles and smells HORRIBLE....whenever i drive past this lake i feel like throwing up from the smell..hyderabad municipal corporation should check on this issue and clean...