More amusements to come up on Tank Bund

Arts and crafts to add magic to Sundays on the popular tourist spot, reveals KTR

Hyderabad: With the move to curb traffic on Tank Bund for a few hours on Sundays turning out to be a massive hit among the public, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, who took the initiative for the move, is planning for more.

On Monday, tweeting a few pictures of the Sunday crowd on the popular stretch, Rao said it looked more like a carnival on Tank Bund and suggested to Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar that more kids-oriented activities should be started, and suggested a laser show as well.

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“Arts+Crafts+Music will create a Magical experience. Let’s explore a laser show in the lake & some viewer galleries on all sides,” (sic), the Minister tweeted, to which Arvind Kumar responded immediately, agreeing to the suggestion and replying that he would set out on starting crafts, art and music at Tank Bund on Sundays immediately.

Doesn’t that look more like a carnival on #TankBund 😊

Let’s start more kids oriented activities @arvindkumar_ias

Arts+Crafts+Music will create a Magical experience

Let’s explore a laser show in the lake & some viewer galleries on all sides pic.twitter.com/2s3BjWpAnR

— KTR (@KTRTRS) September 6, 2021

The Minister’s tweet triggered responses from the public, welcoming the suggestions, with some coming up with their own suggestions as well. While one was to allow e-rickshaws and avoid other vehicles completely, another was to allow music bands to play and entertain the crowd. Some said the same idea could be tried out on the cable-stayed bridge at Durgam Cheruvu as well. The other suggestions from the people included penalising those not wearing masks, boating from the Tank Bund side, camel and horse rides, double decker buses, air shows, fireworks, underwater aquarium, an LED screen with visuals of Telangana and to screen IPL matches and yes, one asked why not similar traffic curbs on Saturdays too.

It was on August 24 that Rama Rao, responding to a suggestion from a citizen, asked the City Police to consider traffic curbs for a few hours on Sundays on the Tank Bund. City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar issued orders the next day itself, announcing that the Tank Bund would be closed for general traffic between 5 pm and 10 pm on Sundays. The last two Sundays, as a result, have seen the traffic curbs, and in turn, the public coming to Tank Bund in huge numbers, strolling along the scenic stretch and making use of the recent facilities that the State government has installed there.

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