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  • Hyderabad: Historic step-wells on OU campus set for facelift

    Hyderabad: Historic step-wells on OU campus set for facelift

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    Hyderabad: The historic step-wells at the Osmania University College of Education (OUCE) campus are all set to be given a facelift by clearing vegetation- garbage, desilting, structural restoration and beautification.

    A neglected stepwell got its due attention after a University College of Education student tweeted to Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao, who directed his department to take up restoration works in coordination with the University administration.

    Experts who recently revived a stepwell in Bansilalpet, which won the Big 5 Construction Impact Award in Dubai, will be taking up the restoration of this stepwell.

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    Hyderabad- based architect and interior designer Kalpana Ramesh, known for her efforts in restoring the stepwell at Bansilalpet, has taken up the initiative to restore the OU campus stepwell.

    Restoration works of the Mah Laqa Chanda Bai stepwell at the varsity have recently been completed, and the management now plans to revive more step-wells on the campus.

    The University’s vice chancellor Prof. D Ravinder and Registrar Prof. P Laxminarayana along with other university officials on Monday commenced the restoration works.

    Prof. Ravinder expressed his happiness that multiple organisations were getting involved to restore the stepwell.

    Over 100 students and volunteers from various organisations joined hands in cleaning the periphery of the stepwell on Monday.

    About two tonnes of legacy waste was removed in and around the two step-wells on Monday by the Lions Club, St Francis College, the Clean Green team and Fenko Matt.

    Talking about her plan, Kalpana Ramesh said that the restoration would have a two-pronged effect in mitigating urban flooding and meeting drinking water needs.

    Kalpana further urged the students from History, Archeology, Geology, Engineering and other departments to be a part of this project which will also be documented in a book.

    Principal, OUCE, Prof. Murthy, Dean, UCE, Prof. Satyanarayana, director EMRC, Prof. T. Mrunalini, professors and students were present for the event.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Hyderabad Design Forum to shed light on ‘Forgotten Stepwells of Telangana’

    Hyderabad Design Forum to shed light on ‘Forgotten Stepwells of Telangana’

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    Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Design Forum (HDF) will be documenting, ‘The Forgotten Stepwells of Telangana’ through physical site surveys, photographs, and oral interviews.

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) signed and the HDF on Tuesday for the initiative.

    HDF is a guild of practising designers who will be documenting the step wells in the state.

    The HDF began this voluntary documentation to create a permanent and legitimate document of reference for which the forum has carried out field surveys.

    So far, 110 wells in five major typologies have been discovered, in rural Telangana and the walled city of Hyderabad, dating back 1,000 to 2000 years.

    To execute the plan, a team of 10 architects are researching different aspects that will analyze the role of these wells in the socio, religious and agrarian lives of medieval Telangana.

    Researchers are examining hydrology, geology, Vastu and Agama building codes, gender behaviour, history, folklore, and iconography with reference to this fascinating inverted architecture.

    HDF’s study will culminate in the publication of an illustrated scientific monograph entitled ‘The Forgotten Step Wells of Telangana’, slated for May 2023.

    Chief secretary of urban development, Arvind Kumar and president of HDF Yeshwant Ramamurthy, along with senior architects from the forum were present during the agreement.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )