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| name = Banjara Lake<br />
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| location = [[Banjara Hills]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]<br />
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Banjara lake within India<br />
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| cities = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]<br />
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'''Banjara Lake''' or '''Hamed Khan Kunta''' is a small water body situated in [[Banjara Hills]] in [[Hyderabad, Telangana]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-24/hyderabad/32827355_1_banjara-lake-taj-banjara-water-board|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103074809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-24/hyderabad/32827355_1_banjara-lake-taj-banjara-water-board|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Water Board under fire for dying Banjara lake}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The lake was built in 1930. At the time the locality had mansions and residences of royal elite. It was once spread over an area of more than one kilometre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=TNM|date=27 December 2016|title=Hyderabad's Banjara Lake being dumped with debris, allege activists|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/hyderabads-banjara-lake-being-dumped-debris-allege-activists-54848|access-date=2019-11-12|website=The News Minute}}</ref><br />
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==Conservation==<br />
The lake receives sewer water from adjoining localities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/banjara-lake-to-shrink-further/article17409516.ece|title=Banjara Lake to shrink further|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=2017-03-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-12|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Efforts are on to conserve the lake by organisations like [http://www.soulhyd.org/ Save Our Urban Lakes (SOUL)].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/city-ngo-focuses-on-poor-state-of-banjara-lake-at-cop-11/article3983749.ece|title=City NGO focuses on poor state of Banjara lake at CoP 11|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://moef.nic.in/modules/recent-initiatives/nlcp/Lakes/Banjara%20Lake.pdf nic.in]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Artificial lakes of India]]<br />
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