Fox Sagar Lake

Fox Sagar Lake, also Jeedimetla Cheruvu or Kolla Cheruvu, is a manmade lake and was the largest waterbody in Secunderabad. It was once spread over an area of 290 acres (1.2 km²). As of 2014, due to encroachment, it only occupied a surface area of 126 acres (0.51 km²). The lake which is located Jeedimetla near Kompally was built in 1897 by Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI and as per some sources the lake occupies a surface area of 2 square kilometres (490 acres) and some sources claim that it is the second biggest lake in Hyderabad and was a popular spot for picnics. About 1014 illegal structures which have encroached the Fox lake were identified by Telangana Irrigation Department in a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal in November 2022 and this makes Fox lake as the third most encroached lake in Hyderabad.