Hyderabad’s historic Katora Houz gets fresh lease of life
Hyderabad: After rejuvenating the Langar Houz lake, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Khairatabad zone officials have now cleaned the historic Katora Houz. The Katora Houz was built in the 16th century by Qutub Shahi rulers as a freshwater storage tank. However, hit by apathy over the decades, the water body turned into an eyesore […]
Hyderabad: After rejuvenating the Langar Houz lake, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Khairatabad zone officials have now cleaned the historic Katora Houz.
The Katora Houz was built in the 16th century by Qutub Shahi rulers as a freshwater storage tank. However, hit by apathy over the decades, the water body turned into an eyesore with water hyacinth covering the complete lake. Following this, the civic body deployed a team of 18 personnel equipped with required machinery and within 10 days, were able to remove the water hyacinth and fish out the garbage from the water body using an earthmover.
Presently, the water hyacinth has been dumped near the lake and once it dries up, it will be transported to Jawahar Nagar dump yard. The civic body officials pointed out that with the lake free of water hyacinth and garbage, the mosquito menace here too will get checked. “Anti larval Operations (ALOs) and measures to control the mosquito population are also being taken up at the water body,” said GHMC Chief Entomologist Ram Babu.
This tank for several years remained under a sheet water hyacinth and garbage apart from turning into a mosquito breeding ground causing severe inconvenience to nearby residents. In the year 2021, the tank was cleaned using a floating trash collector but the water hyacinth returned to gradually cover the entire tank. This resulted in the civic body having to take up the cleaning exercise.
Meanwhile, officials of the civic body said that Shah Hatim Talab, another Qutb Shahi-era water body located in Khairatabad zone is also being cleaned and at present, half of the water body is free from water hyacinth. Here, the water hyacinth is being removed using a floating trash collector at a brisk pace.
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