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Tag: Hyderabad

Sheer Neglect And Apathy Makes Heritage Structure ‘Puranapul’ At Verge To Collapse Anytime In Hyderabad

Historic Puranapul, the first bridge of Hyderabad over Musi river is at the edge of collapse. The recent heavy rains, over flown river and heavy water discharge from reservoirs made…

Har Marz Ki Dawa ‘Zinda Tilismath’ – The ‘Living Magic’ Medicine Of Hyderabad

The strong smell of eucalyptus envelopes you even before you reach Karkhana Zinda Tilismath, where the iconic ‘har marz ki dawa’, or cure-all, has been made since 1920. It is…

Why ‘New Secretariat’ Design Looks Likes ‘Nizam’s Mahal’ In Hyderabad?

Along with political experts, pundits and most of the Telugu people and the BJP’s Telangana unit has objected to the Cabinet’s clearance for the new Secretariat building design on the…

‘Structural Health’ Of Osmania General Hospital Falls Prey To ‘Bad Political Governance’

Structural health of the heritage structure remains questionable for decades now. An existential dilemma has been plaguing the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad for long, with the structural health of…

Is Nizam’s ‘Treasure’ Found Under Telangana Old Secretariat Building Debris?

The demolition of Telangana secretariat buildings had been taken up suddenly and swiftly, till the high court stalled the works on technical grounds. But the entire demolition exercise has been…

Quli Qutub Shahi Yore ‘Kos Minar’ Tottering At Kulsumpura In Hyderabad

The ‘Kos’ minar in Kulsumpura changes the geographical concept of the city. This historic Kos Minar at Kulsumpura in Old City of Hyderabad may soon disappear if no conservation measures…

Historic ‘Pigeon Racing’ – A ‘Dying Sport’ Of Hyderabad

Its more of a engineering marvel , constructed on a single centrally supported octogonal pillar bearing heavy weight of cylindrical cantilevered structure , having six stories of pigeon holes all…

How Historic Musi River ‘Being Encroached’ In Hyderabad?

Armed with satellite images of the Musi River in Hyderabad over a period of five years between 2014 and 2019, a social activist wrote to the Chief Justice of Telangana…