Musi River

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) included the Musi River Historic Buildings in Hyderabad in its 2025 World Monuments Watch list, highlighting the need for urgent preservation.

• The WMF initiative focuses on sites at risk due to climate change, conflict, and neglect, advocating for heritage conservation.
• This recognition aims to preserve the river’s ecological health and historical significance while enhancing tourism and community engagement.
• The Musi River is a key tributary of the Krishna River, originating in the Ananthagiri Hills near Vikarabad in Telangana.
• It flows eastward, passing through Hyderabad, dividing the city into the Old City and newer areas.
• The river turns south at Chittaloor and merges with the Krishna River at Vadapally near Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district.
• Historically called Muchukunda, it feeds two artificial lakes, Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar, which once supplied drinking water to Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
• The Telangana government is working on the Musi River Rejuvenation Project to clean the river and develop it into a navigable waterway with a riverfront.