Six urban forest parks to be inaugurated in Hyderabad today

Six urban forest parks that promise to provide much-needed lung space for people in and around the city are all set to be inaugurated on Thursday by Forest Minister Indrakaran Reddy and Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy.

The urban forest parks that will be thrown open include the Nagaram Forest Park, Pallegadda Forest Park, Sirigiripuram Forest Park in Maheshwaram Mandal, Srinagar Forest Park in Thukkuguda Municipality and Manyamkancha Forest Park in Kandukur and Tumaloor Forest Park in Maheswaram.

Visitors’ pathways, safari tracks, gazebos, washrooms, watch towers and benches are some of the



facilities in these parks. Unlike regular parks in the city, the urban forest parks are spread over a large portion of land.

While the Nagaram Forest park in Maheshwaram Mandal is spread over 556.69 hectares, the Sirigiripuram Forest park at Sirigiripur village has been developed on 102.39 hectares. The Manyamkancha Forest park at Lemoor village of Kandukur is spread over 58.78 hectares, while the Srinagar Forest park at Srinagar village in Thukkuguda Municipality is spread over 526.91 hectares. The Pallegadda Forest park at Harshaguda village of Maheshwaram has been developed on 87.41 hectares.