Sludge-Filled Lake Leaves Dozen Colonies Flooded

For Years Now, Sewage Water From Other Nalas Is Being Released Into Trimulgherry Lake, Turning It Into A Cesspool

- Mungara Sunil

For A short drive from Rajiv Rahadari — state highway connecting Hyderabad to Warangal — which once opened into a picturesque sight of the brimming Trimulgherry Lake, has now become an eyesore. Filled with sludge and silt the lake seems to be nothing more than an extension of the road, only much filthier.

Not surprising then, the recent floods caused havoc in areas around the lake, which has little or no capacity to hold water anymore. As sewerage water gushed into their homes, residents of close to a dozen colonies — including Malani Enclave, Padmanabha Colony, Indian Airlines Colony, Surya Avenue, SBH Colony and Mahalakshmi Colony — spent days living in stench with no electricity.

When TOI visited them, weeks later, irked residents squarely blamed the negligence of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) for their misery. “The lake has turned in to a cesspool-cumdumping yard because SCB releases sewage water directly into it, in the most unscientific manner. We’ve had to suffer inundation and incur huge property loss because of that,” said a local sharing how many houses in the area had four to six-feet sewage water in their cellars for more than three days. Result: No power supply as electric panels, installed in the cellars, were submerged.