Imagine sailing on the Banjara Lake from Road Number 11 and crossing the lake to reach Road Number 10 to have chai? As you sail, you see women sitting on inverted pots bobbing in the lake picking up water chestnuts and lotuses. You’re on on the rocky edge of Banjara Lake with a fishing rod and a worm wriggling at the other end. Walking on the road sloping down from Road Number 10 Banjara Hills and reaching the valley is a surreal experience. Every few years, the residents of Singada Kunta Basti experience what it is to build houses in a natural valley as water from the surrounding hills rushes to flood houses and sweep away shanties.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2018 09:00 UTC