Hyderabad, Sept. 26 -- A more than 100-year-old lake located in the heart of Hyderabad, which was subjected to large scale encroachments and abandoned as a garbage dump over the years, has come alive again, thanks to the restoration done by Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA).

The restored lake - Bathukamma Kunta - located at Amberpet area close to Osmania University, will be relaunched by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, on the occasion of ongoing Bathukamma festival coinciding with the Dussehra Navaratri celebrations.

"The lake, in fact, takes its name from Bathukamma festival where women will immerse their flower arrangements as an offering to Goddess Durga," HYDRAA commissioner A V Ranganath s...