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Mahendra Hills: Named after Lord Indra, but nothing heavenly about it
Mahendra Hills: Named after Lord Indra, but nothing heavenly about it. Mahendra Hills in Secunderabad is spread over 35 acres with hillocks and bushes dominating the topography of the area.
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Mahendra Hills in Secunderabad is spread over 35 acres with hillocks and bushes dominating the topography of the area. The colonies surrounding the hills include Thrimurthy Colony, Balamrai Housing Society, Dhana Laxmi Colony, Shantiniketan Colony, Ravi Colony, Vyjayanthi Colony, Seva Dal Colony, Annapurna Colony, Santhosh Colony and Sanjeevaigh Mutually Aided Housing Society. More than 6,000 people live in the area.
Some of the landmarks are Mahendra Hills include Mahabodhi Vihara, Amma Ashramam, Social Welfare Residential Magnet School & Junior College for Girls, HMWS&SB Water Reservoir, Brahmakumari Math, Shiva Temple, Swamy Ayyappa Temple, Krishna Math, Satynaryana Swamy Temple, Ganesh Temple and the Saibaba Temple.
History
According to locals, the rocky terrain was once inhabited by deers, jackals, wild pigs and cheetah. Army personnel who camped at Trimulgherry and Cantonment used this area as a firing range. People started settling in the hillocks from around 1975. The name Mahendra Hills is said to be derived from Hindu deity Lord Indra who is the king of angels. People wanted to build houses like Lord Indra who has aa heavenly abode and thus the name came about.
Dr KRK Murthy a senior citizen of Thrimurthy Colony, said, “I have been living here since 1980. I remember how people used to fear being looted by thieves. In fact in 1985, a cheetah wandered into the area which was later captured by the forest department without any loss to human lives.”
Problems
The colony office bearers at Mahendra Hills say that they are plagued drinking water problems as water is released only once in three days and the pressure is very low. Apart from this, residents complain about bad roads, encroachment of foothpaths, damaged drainage system which was setup in 1979 and steep hike in property tax.
Of the 10 parks, 50 per cent are subjected to illegal encroachments. A major park nicknamed Cybervally on Road Number 10 was originally spread over in four acres. Due to encroachment, the size of park has reduced to two-and-a-half acres.
