Buddhapurnima Lakefront

Hyderabad
1982-1985 (unbuilt)

Towards the mid 19th century, the British started developing a twin city to Hyderabad which they called Secunderabad – a pun on the more logical name of Sikanderabad (i.e., City of Alexander) and also a facetious allusion to their Public Schools where the term ‘Secundus’ identified the younger the brother of a senior pupil). HussainSagar Lake is located in between the twin cities, and In a 1974 report on a Heritage Policy for Hyderabad, Correa had suggested that this lake should be developed as a carefully designed conurbation that would provide the infrastructure and recreation facilities needed by the population of the twin cities. In 1988, the Government accepted the concept and requested him to act as an advisor to the project.