GHMC to provide new facilities at Kishanbagh Park soon

Kishanbagh Park is set to be equipped with some more features and amenities. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is now coming up with new facilities aimed at increasing the comfort of those visiting the park.

The coming couple of months will see most of these aspects, including a new walking track along with an open air gym, being incorporated by the civic body. The concept of open air gyms has already become popular in parks at different parts of the city and the idea is to replicate the same here and provide the local residents with the facilities needed to exercise.

These will be in addition to more aspects that the visitors would be getting, including a seating gallery and internal and external pathways. The landscaping is to be improved and a major attraction here would be a



cafeteria.

The park at Kishanbagh, which is spread over 4.50 acres, was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.6.20 crore and was inaugurated in June 2018 by MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao. “Proposals for setting up a new open air gym and a modern walking track were sent, and in the next few months, we will be creating and opening the facilities,” said Chadraiah, Deputy Director, GHMC Urban Bio-diversity wing.

Every day, the facility is availed by hundreds from Kishanbagh and surrounding residential clusters and the number of visitors swell considerably during holidays and vacations. Mohd Saleem, GHMC corporator, Kishanbagh said they have requested the GHMC to install CCTV cameras at the park, and a proposal was sent to the higher ups from the local officials.