Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy and Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday inspected the facilities at the Jalagam Vengal Rao Park, Lotus Pond and Rock Park.
The ministers directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials to hasten the works on the cleaning of the ponds situated in the parks.
Speaking to media persons, they also informed that a gym and a library would be established in the Vengal Rao Park.
They added that the state government also proposed to establish 1,000 gyms and 1,000 libraries at different public places across Greater Hyderabad.
Rao informed that Mission Kakatiya was confined to the rural lakes, but all lakes located in the city would also be taken up for cleaning and modernisation.
He said that 30 lakes in the city would be developed as mini Tank Bunds on the lines of the Hussain Sagar.
He also directed the officials to remove encroachments from all the lakes and take stern action against the encroachers. (INN)