Hyderabad, June 30 -- : The Telangana Prisons Department on Tuesday launched the Cherlapalli Lake Restoration and Development Project with the performance of Bhumi Pooja at Cherlapalli Lake in Hyderabad.

The project is being implemented by the Telangana Prisons Department in collaboration with HYDRAA, with financial support from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr Soumya Mishra, Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services.

The restoration works include cleaning the lake inlet area and surrounding premises, construction of a silt collection chamber to prevent sediment inflow, excavation and restoration of the inlet channel to improv...