Hyderabad, July 14 -- The Telangana government has cleared a Rs 536.50 crore makeover project to convert four major lakes in Hyderabad into tourist spots in the lines of Hussain Sagar.

Officials from the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Authority (HYDRAA) and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), along with experts from IIT Hyderabad, prepared the development plan for Fox Sagar, Ameenpur Lake, Ambir Cheruvu, and Saroornagar Lake as per the directions of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

The government has cleared Rs 227.98 crore for the first phase of the Hyderabad project, wherein the focus would be on strengthening the lake bunds and building good roads around the lakes, besides carrying out ...