INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: A couple of decades after then Chief Minister N.T
Rama Rao took up measures to improve Tank Bund and its surroundings, municipal administration and urban development minister K.T
Rama Rao has embarked on a major beautification programme on the 2.2-km stretch of arterial road.Under his leadership, the Hyderabad
Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has laid flamed granite stones on the footpaths at an estimated cost of Rs14.5 crore
This apart, the municipal authority set up specially-designed cast iron railing, grills, and aligned designer lamp posts resembling heritage
Overall the project cost is estimated around Rs 38 croreDuring N.T
personalities, fountains and coloured lights
white granite rock, weighing 450 tonnes
It was carved by 200 sculptors for two years
The statue was transported to Hyderabad in November 1988
After initial problems, it was erected on April 12, 1992, on a red lotus pedestal.K.T
Rama Rao has instructed officials to take up the Tank Bund beautification works and complete them on a war-footing
The electrical cables run through ducts and will leave the pavement undisturbed
The loose ends are being capped to prevent the cables from hanging outside
the municipal authority would construct a boardwalk connecting Sagar Park, Boats Club, Buddha Bhavan and Lumbini Park on the shoreline of
This apart, the entire shoreline will get a complete makeover with state-of-the-art night bazaar beside Sanjeevaiah Park, Necklace Road and
Buddha Bhavan."The bazaar will have 150 to 200 shops, and would have boardwalks with landscapes in between, spacious sitting arenas, parking
facilities in compliance with a Supreme Court Committee's recommendations
structures on the shoreline that would be restricted to give a complete heritage look.A visitor, Prashanth, said at Tank Bund on Saturday,
"The makeover has completely changed the look and feel of the areas
