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Hyderabad plans to expand Krishnakanth Park lake fourfold
Hyderabad’s HYDRAA plans to expand the lake inside Krishnakanth Park in Yousufguda from about three acres to 12.
The agency says the larger water body could hold storm water that floods Ameerpet and nearby areas when it rains.
The plan treats the park as land that once formed part of a lake, but accounts of its past differ: a former city official says there was no lake before the park, while a local resident recalls a 22-acre lake there in the 1980s.
A sewage treatment plant built for the park is now missing, and its treated water was intended to fill three ponds.
The project would take up much of the park’s 22 acres, affecting lawns, trees and other facilities; work to fell or move trees has begun.
The planned expansion would cut the park’s green space, with 34 trees marked for felling and 156 for translocation.
The available account gives no completion date or further details about what happens next.
HYDRAA plans to expand the lake in Krishnakanth Park in Yousufguda from about three acres to 12 acres.
The agency says the expansion is intended to hold storm water that floods Ameerpet and nearby areas.
Work to fell or move trees has begun, with 34 marked for felling and 156 for translocation.
The project would reduce the park’s 22-acre area and affect its lawns, trees, gazebos and other facilities.
Accounts differ on whether the site was a lake before the park was built.
- Who
- The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Development Agency (HYDRAA) is planning the expansion. Commissioner A.V. Ranganath is taking special interest in it.
- What
- The lake is planned to grow from about three acres to 12 acres.
- When
- HYDRAA recently announced the plan. The article was published on November 10, 2026.
- Where
- Krishnakanth Park in Yousufguda, Hyderabad.
- Why
- The stated aim is to hold storm water that floods Ameerpet and surrounding localities.
N. Chandramohan Reddy
Ramaraju
Site before the park
N. Chandramohan Reddy
Reddy said there was no lake before the park and described the site as a large garbage dump.
Ramaraju
Ramaraju recalled a 22-acre lake that supplied water to nearby crops.
Ramaraju recalled water flowing from the lake through Madhura Nagar, with paddy fields on both sides.
A sewage treatment plant was established to supply treated water to the three ponds.
The park was launched by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
A satellite image showed the sewage treatment plant at the park.
A satellite image showed the plant missing, and HYDRAA announced plans to expand the lake.
- Existing lake area
- About 3 acres
- Planned lake area
- 12 acres
- Park area
- 22 acres
- Trees marked for felling
- 34
- Trees marked for translocation
- 156
- Treatment plant capacity
- 0.6 million litres per day
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What people are saying
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There was no lake. Before the park, it was a colossal garbage dump.
There was this heavy cascade of water that flowed from the lake through Madhura Nagar, and I remember seeing paddy fields on both sides during 1980s.
I was told that the workers collapsed unable to bear the stench.