#1 - #5 Cleanup Drives, Ameenpur Lake, Hyderabad, India.

Ameenpur Lake is the first water body in India to be recognized as a Biodiversity Heritage Site in an Urban Area. Spread across 93acres housing 8 species of mammals, 166 birds, 45 herpetofauna (12 amphibians and 34 reptiles), 9 species of fish, and 143 invertebrates (26 aquatic beetles, 41 butterflies, 18 odonates, 25 arachnids, and 33 other invertebrates). A man-made lake constructed more than 300 years ago during the reign of Ibrahim Qutb Shah(1550–1580 AD) by a courtier, Abdul Qadir Amin Khan of Patancheru, to irrigate his gardens. The garden no longer exists, but the lake has survived. The lake is surrounded by undulating terrain with rocky outcrops and rocky formations which lie in the midst of an urban sprawl, surrounded by factories, villages, and modern apartments.

Ameenpur Municipal Commissioner addressing the Lake.

Ameenpur Municipal Commissioner addressing the Lake.

Dead Fish found in the Lake.

ENY(Earth Needs You) Impacts have started Cleanup Drives with group of friends and likeminded people having concerns about the climate change. In Hyderabad, we have selected Ameenpur Lake for it's rich biodiversity. Started with the Cleanup Drives, we will soon start Awareness Drives in the colonies of Ameenpur. So far, in these five consistent cleanups we have cleared about 500+ kilograms of Plastics & Miscellaneous Wastes in and around the Lake. Glad that Ameenpur Municipal Commissioner have visited us during our 5th cleanup, have witnessed dead fish, plastics etc.