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MIM demand Firangi Nala revival to tackle over flooding of water bodies

Demanding a complete revival of Firangi Nala – a historic flood water anabranch that flows down all the way from Shankerpally to Ibrahimpatnam connecting several lakes on its course, the AIMIM floor leader Akberuddin Owaisi in the state Assembly said “The only solution to over flooding of lakes and freaky floods inundating nearby colonies lies in the revival of Firangi Nala.

Reminding the house that nearly 120 lakes have received breaches in a recent incessant rains, the AIMIM leader said, “Works to revive Firangi nala needs to be taken up on priority note to allow flood flow of the upstream of Jalpally Lake such as Umda Sagar and Appa Cheruvu freely moved to downward direction before culminating into Musi River.

“As the excess water fails to finds its natural way, it furiously gushing into the residential colonies located surrounding to the water bodies causing severe inundation issues prompting the civic bodies to jump into the trouble water without a concrete solution,” he explained.

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Raising a contentious issue of Osman Nagar area abutting to Burhan Khan Lake where hundreds of houses were inundated since last year, he said, “Houses in Osman Nagar area remained inundated. The people sold out the lands to others have shakes off the area leaving behind the poor people into troubled water.”

 

Urging the speaker to convene a meeting to discuss about the development of water bodies around to safeguard the colonies abutting to the lakes besides revamping Firangi Nala, the MIM floor leader said “A team should make a visit to all those affected lakes so to ascertain the gist of the matter and to chalk out strategy to resolve the issue.”

Dragging the speakers’ attention towards Suram Cheruvu in his own Chandrayagutta constituency he said “The manmade lake was taken up for promotion but the Full Tank Level (FTL) and Buffer Zone was not yet defined. There is a need to issue a notification to notify the FTL and the Buffer Zone in the lake.”