Theme park amid concrete jungle
Hyderabad: A new tune wafts through the air at Saradanagar Colony in Hafeezpet, every morning. Morning walkers are greeted by the twittering of birds. As these chirpy little creatures hop on the trees, the modern facades cocooned in quietude as though not perturbed by the ear-splitting noise coming from the construction of high-rise structures a […]
Hyderabad: A new tune wafts through the air at Saradanagar Colony in Hafeezpet, every morning. Morning walkers are greeted by the twittering of birds. As these chirpy little creatures hop on the trees, the modern facades cocooned in quietude as though not perturbed by the ear-splitting noise coming from the construction of high-rise structures a few paces away.
Of five parks in the sprawling 30-odd acre colony, the Brindavan Park, measuring less than half-acre, is a sight to behold for visitors.
Although the colony was established in 1996 under the AP Gazetted Officers Co-operative Housing Society, the walls bordering the parks are dated back to 2008. The real estate scene picked up pace in the last six years with housing ventures mushrooming in and around Hafeezpet catering to the needs of an evergrowing IT workforce.
Thus Saradanagar Colony too saw a spike in new dwellings. “The need of increasing green cover was equally important for the colony and at the same time, we wanted everything to be included in the theme park,” says Trinadh Atluri, who along with Shanthi Kumar Sapa and Dhadi Jagadish Santosh Kumar started a draft plan in 2020 to beautify the park.
As much as 70 lorries of sand were required to fill the gaps and cavities of the park. Even before taking up the work, the rubble had to be removed and other wildly-grown shrubs needed to be cleared.
“It now has a variety of fruit plants – 25 jackfruit, mango, fig, Malabar plum trees along with ornamental flowering plants like Gulabi, duranto, 20 coconut plants,” says Jagadish Santosh Kumar, a banker by profession.
Greenery for the lawn alone cost Rs 1.2 lakh. The idea of developing the park started in small measures after watching heavy branches obstructing the electric lines getting chopped. “Thus we started to clean our environs and grow green cover as much as possible. The end result is this one,” he says.
Besides, a children’s play area, Brindavan Park houses a space for parents who accompany their kids. A special chunk is created for leisure and yoga sessions. A walking track laid with well-carved Tandoor stones while a high-raised statue of Buddha is another scenic beauty of the park.
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