to increase ground water level GHMC to launch shallow aquifer project in 5 parks 

The GHMC has taken up ‘Shallow aquifer recharge project ‘ on a pilot basis as part of AMRUT scheme under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in five municipal parks. The parks are KLN Yadav Park in Khairatabad Zone, Techno Park in Serilingampally Zone, Indira Park in Secunderabad Zone, Kakatiya Nagar Colony Park and E-Sector Park in LB Nagar Zone.
The concept of the project is to drill shallow water injection borewells to a depth of 100 to 120 feet and pump out the water in the shallow aquifers so that the layers below will get recharged whenever there is rainfall, collecting water from the surrounding watershed, channeling the water through recharge pits.
This will recharge the underground layers, increasing the water table. The project is being implemented with the help of agency ‘The Rainwater Project.’
On Tuesday, the officials of the GHMC have conducted an awareness programme on the project along with the representative of National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), and the ‘Rainwater Project’ team at the Kakatiya Nagar Colony Park.
The park has a watershed area of 685738 Sqm, capacity of watershed 44.6 crore litres, with annual rainfall potential of 53 lakh liters.
Additional Commissioner Dr Sunanda Rani, head of The Rainwater Project Kalpana, LB Nagar Zone Deputy Director M Chandra Sekhara Rao, NIUA official Anirudh, Circle manager A Narasimha Rao and other officials of the GHMC attended the event.