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Achari Kunta Lake Rejuvenation Project

Introduction

 

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.

Project Overview

Location: Hyderabad

Project Duration: April 2020- October 2021

Project Partner:  iNaturewatch Foundation

Funding Agency:  DCB Bank

Project Outcomes: 

  • Increase in the green cover 
  • Increase in the local biodiversity 
  • Improvement in the water and soil quality.
  • Increase awareness about the lake among the citizens.
  • Fulfillment of Biodiversity Aichi Target no. 1, 5, 14

Find out more about Achari Kunta Lake on Inaturewatch

Project Now Stands Complete

Achari Kunta Lake Rejuvenation Project Now Stands Complete

Overall, it can be claimed that the project was extremely challenging but successful. The lake has changed since the plantation. Bird calls in the background have now calmed the entire lake atmosphere. Plants are growing well and flowering profusely, which suggests that the soil is fertile and the climate is ideal for the plantation. Domesticated animals have been replaced with aquatic bird nests in the lake. Around the lake, butterflies can be seen fluttering. The grass that was planted along the lake's edge has grown and begun to bloom, adding beauty to the lake. The lake's biodiversity has expanded, and the water quality is getting better.

Project Interventions

Surveys

Biodiversity Plantation

Biodiversity Plantation

  • Baseline Survey
  • Lake Perception Surveys
  • Biodiversity surveys 
  • Soil and water analysis

Biodiversity Plantation

Biodiversity Plantation

Biodiversity Plantation

  • Ground preparation
  • Plantation of 5000 bird, butterfly, bat and bee attracting plants ( herbs, shrubs, trees)
  • Installation of drip irrigation system

Lake Management

Biodiversity Plantation

Signage Development

  • Appointment of project team
  • Declaring open-close hours for the lake
  • Establishing project office inside lake
  • Controlling all ant-lake activities.


Signage Development

Community Engagement

Signage Development

  • 25 bilingual signages on local birds and trees. 
  • 125 plant signages for butterfly attracting plants 

Employee Engagement

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

  • DCB Bank employees volunteer in plantation, clean up and plantation maintenance works of periodic basis.

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

  • Formed whatsapp and Facebook group of local communities
  • Conducting monthly lake safaris.
  • Conducting monthly Birdwatch program.

Volunteering Programmes

Volunteering Programmes

Volunteering Programmes

Rejuvenation of lake
Clean up drive event
Restoration of lake

  • Rejuvenation of lake
  • Clean up drive event
  • Restoration of lake

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