Achari Kunta Lake Rejuvenation Project

Achari Kunta Cheruvu is a manmade lake situated near Venkatraya Nagar in Nizampet Village of Bachupally Mandal, Medchal District of Telangana State, and India. This lake is surrounded by under-construction buildings from all sides. There is also a private school near the lake. Achari Kunta Chevuru is circular in shape with dense vegetation in and around it. The lake is surrounded by few big and old trees. The expanse of the lake is approx. 1.5 acre however it has been encroached from all sides and now shrunken to 0.9 acres. 

Globally, lake biodiversity is facing an agave threat today. Despite their significance, in the past few decades, the degradation of lakes is at its peak, owing primarily to rapid urbanization and other anthropogenic pressure in their catchment areas. The same situation was with Achari Kunta lake. Therefore, a rehabilitation project had8 been launched. Lake rehabilitation is basically the conservation of project by making the habitat healthy by natural/artificial interventions. 

In Collaboration with the Ladybird Environmental Consultancy, we kick-started our new project in Hyderabad. The success of Nizampet Lake helped us bag this project. It was primarily the initiative taken by the local community who approached us to save their lake and we sourced the support for the same. The team that managed Nizampet Lake is back again to create the same magic.     

This project is funded by DCB Bank. The works all started from April 2020 and successfully concluded in December 2021.