Source Credit: ANI
Restoring Bathukamma Kunta Pond, Hyderabad, under court judgment in the case of encroachments and neglect-within culture and ecology significant to the state of Telangana. The encroachers were cleared under the ruling and led to begin the long-awaited restoration of the water body. Noted environmentalists regard it as one step auguring well for improving the environment in Hyderabad for health and sustainability.
Bathukamma Kunta is significant for the community, especially during the celebration of the Bathukamma festival where all women of Telangana come together. It is a pond that is essential in culture but also does its part in wildlife habitat and aided water management. The restoration involves de-pollution measures, strengthening the infrastructure of the water body to make it a water body for the generations to come.
The ruling by an external authority and swift action taken by the authorities in this regard has received appreciation from both environmentalists and local community residents. Such restoration, apparently, improves the quality of life in the surrounding communities while enhancing local biodiversity in the furtherance of water conservation efforts. This would be an example of what nature could be saved through the cooperative forces of the judiciary and government at work toward it.
