Hyderabad commemorates the 117th anniversary of the catastrophic Musi River floods of 1908, which claimed nearly 15,000 lives and devastated large parts of the city. Triggered by a cloudburst and the breach of upstream reservoirs, the flood submerged key areas and prompted the Nizam government to commission M. Visvesvaraya to design preventive measures.
To mark 117 years since the 1908 Musi River Floods, Forum for a Better Hyderabad is holding a memorial at Osmania General Hospital on September 25. The event honours lives lost and celebrates a tree that saved over 150 people
To mark the 116 anniversary of the Musi floods, the Forum for a Better Hyderabad in association with several civil society groups organised a memorial and solidarity meet under the Great Tamarind Tree, in the premises of Osmania General Hospital
