HYDRAA launches Fox Sagar Lake development; plans STP for preventing sewage, industrial effluents

HYDERABAD The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Friday (November 13, 2026) launched restoration works at Fox Sagar lake in Jeedimetla, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, with plans to develop it as a mini reservoir and mini Tank Bund. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/hydraa-removes-encroachments-in-fox-sagar-lake-ftl/article71657835.ece List of works at Fox Sagar lake HYDRAA Commissioner A.V.

Ranganath performed the ground-breaking ceremony and said the lake would be comprehensively developed within a year. The works would include removal of encroachments and accumulated silt, treatment of polluted water and strengthening of the lake bund and its inlet and outlet systems.

Fox Sagar lake polluted by sewage and industrial chemical waste Mr. Ranganath said the lake, which had been polluted by sewage and industrial chemical waste, had accumulated silt of nearly five metres depth, preventing water from percolating into the ground.