Renovated Bansilalpet stepwell inaugurated amid fanfare
The Hindu
HYDERABAD
Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T.Rama Rao appreciated the efforts of the municipal staff in restoring the heritage stepwell of Bansilalpet, which he opened here on Monday.
It took 13 months and excavation of several tonnes of trash from the well by the staff, for the structure to be restored to its original glory, Mr.Rama Rao said.
He said 43 more stepwells in the city will also be taken up for development, even as he promised to develop Hyderabad to merit the recognition as UNESCO World Heritage City. He urged the people from neighbouring localities to protect the stepwell.
Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who accompanied Mr.Rama Rao, said the groundwater level has increased after repair work on the stepwell was carried out. Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi said stepwells function as waterholes in the dry season. There were 6,000 stepwells in Hyderabad as per the 1915 survey maps, she said.
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