Lakes of Hyderabad: Would they survi?ive?

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Lakes of Hyderabad: Would h i ? they survive? Anjal Prakash h f d l South Asia Consortium f or Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, Hyderabad, India P td t Presented at Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: Excreta Does Matter Centre for Science and Environment March 45, 2013, New Delhi Delhi

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Lakes of Hyderabad: Would h i ?they survive? 

Anjal Prakashh f d lSouth Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, Hyderabad, India 

P t d tPresented at Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: Excreta Does MatterCentre for Science and Environment March 4‐5, 2013, New 

DelhiDelhi

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The growth and expansion of HyderabadHyderabad

• Decadal growth rate (2001‐2011 ) i R R dd di i

Projected Population of Hyd Urban Agglomeration (in lakh – 1 lakh = 100,000)  

602011 ) in Ranga Reddy district ( of which Hyderabad is part of)  is highest  ‐ 48.15% amongst other districts in the

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amongst other districts in the State; population of  Hyd – 7 mn

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MCH

• The surrounding municipalities will grow more rapidly and is expected to touch the

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30 Surrounding Municipalities

Others

expected to touch the population of MCH; adjoining villages also show growth (others)

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Source: Calculation from data in GHMC Hyderabad City Development Plan, undated

(others) 2001 2011 2021

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Water (in)Security in Hyderabad, India

• Massive development in real estate due to IT industriesestate due to IT industries

• Heavy Demand on water resources 

h• Severe water shortage and lack of access to water for the poor in lower socio‐economic agglomerationsagglomerations

• The private tanker industry has flourished, and is rampantly extracting water to sell outsideextracting water to sell outside for commercial use TheRealestateProject(Lanco Hills)towering

upto 33floorsinManikonda,asoughtafterlocationforrealestategrowth

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Water (in)Security in Hyderabad, India

• The city has cascade of lakes which are in bad condition –3084  lakes in HMDA’s core areas itself, many more in peri urban areas (data available – about 500)500) 

• urban areas have lost several lakes during the process of development, which were earlier p ,natural sources of water for agriculture and several other economic activities

• Sewerage water is diverted in the lakes which leads to pollution, ground water contamination and diseases

Shadan hospitalnearPeerancheru releaseswastesintothelake

contamination and diseases

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Change in areas of water bodies between 1989‐2001

3245 ha of water bodies  lost in 12 years! About

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lost in 12 years!  About 10 times the size of Hussain Sagar ..

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0<100 100‐<200 200 ‐ <300 300 ‐ <400 400 ‐ <500 >= 500 total

Year 1989 10428.8 1061.77 657.44 319.86 854.08 3856.73 17178.68Year 2001 8820.79 923.93 0 0 862.53 3326.49 13933.74Source: Prasad et al, 2009

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Shamirpet lake ‐ 1989

Shamirpet Lake Area : 486 ha

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Shamirpet lake ‐ 2006

Shamirpet LakeShamirpet Lake Area : 256.77 ha

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Shamirpet lake – 1989‐ 2006

230 Ha of land under water got reduced in 17 

years 

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Kapra Lake , Sainikpuri

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Fence in the middle of the Kapra lake – systematic filling 

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TBA = 310.216 sq.kmsTWS (1978)=2.0814 sq.kmsNo of lakes 21No. of lakes ‐21

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•Number of lakes reduced f 21 14from 21 to 14•Sultan Talab and NoorMohamed Chervu were in good shape•Lakes in AGU disappeared•Lakes n zoo park wasLakes n zoo park was affectedTWS 2004=1.7184 sq kms

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•8 Lakes remaining

•Ruknawad bowla and Sastripuram were completely lost

•TWS 12=1.6754 sq kms

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Drainage Network in Mir Alam Basin (2012)

Source: Field Survey 2012

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Watershed of Hameed Khan Kunta

Hameed KhanHameed Khan Kunta

(Banjara Lake)

Survey of India Toposheet‐1978

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Map Showing Temporal Change of the Water Spread  Hameed Khan Kunta

2004 

2012 

1978 

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Map Showing Delineation of Buffer Zone along 30 mt RadiusHameed Khan KuntaHameed Khan Kunta

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Residential Area

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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inlet

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Drainage Diversion Point

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Dumping Mud

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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lTemple

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Commercial Area Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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GVK TajBanjara

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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STP

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Graveyard

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Plastic Dumping

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Garbage Dump

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Ambedkar Nagar Slum

Source: Field Survey and Google Earth

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Treatment for Inlet ChannelHameed Khan Kunta

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Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting

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In Sum… issues are of..

• Water transfer through tankersR l b t fl • Water received as waste Rural urban water flow 

• Natural water flow disrupted – floods andDi i f l • Natural water flow disrupted – floods and droughtsDisruption of natural 

water flow

• Lakes as cess pools and receptacles of industrial pollution 

• Crisis for irrigation water for peri urban agriculture

Pollution and heavy reliance on groundwater 

agriculture 

• State under influence of corporate bodies and  real estate lobbyistSocial characteristic of  real estate lobbyist 

state

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