SECUNDERABAD: Soon, a rainwater harvesting (RWH) theme park will come up in Secunderabad. The park will be built on the lines of
RWH Park, already set up by Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on road no. 51,
Jubilee Hills.
Apart from this theme park, the officials of Urban Biodiversity (UBD) wing of
Secunderabad zone, have also planned to develop seven theme
parks in different areas on themes such as ‘Seven Wonders, ‘Patriotism’, and ‘Swachatha,’ The civic body is developing a total of 50 theme parks across the city as part of beautification works, with an outlay of Rs 134.23 crore.
“The designs to develop theme parks in all five GHMC circles including
Begumpet, Secunderabad, Musheerabad, Amberpet and Malkajgiri have been prepared already and the decision to implement them will be taken,” a senior official from GHMC UBD wing in Secunderabad Zone told TOI.
In Secunderabad zone, there are a total of 24 parks being maintained by the GHMC and another 99 parks being taken care by colony residential welfare associations (CWA). The remaining 20 parks have been allotted to contractors for maintenance by the civic body, said the official.
Apart from six theme parks, the beautification also be taken up at two parks in Barkatpura and at Mothe Nageswara Rao Park in Secunderabad, added the GHMC official.
The GHMC has targeted to complete these theme parks within three months, added the civic body official.
Besides this, the UBD wing is also planning to develop nurseries in the parks. A variety of saplings will be grown in these nurseries and distributed to residents in colonies free of cost.