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Yeh Humara Shehar: Vidyanagar
Vidyanagar is a suburb abutting Osmania University Road in Central Zone of GHMC limits. The major landmarks are Vivekananda Educational Society, Nallakunta Police Station, Hindi Maha Vidyalaya, Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Jyothi Bala Mandir, State Bank of Hyderabad,
Vidyanagar is a suburb abutting Osmania University Road in Central Zone of GHMC limits. The major landmarks are Vivekananda Educational Society, Nallakunta Police Station, Hindi Maha Vidyalaya, Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Jyothi Bala Mandir, State Bank of Hyderabad, Auribindo International School, First Lucky Hotel of Irani Chai, Vidyangar Post Office, KL Rao Building, AP Housing Board, Maharaja Function Hall and an assortment of supermarkets.
The neighbourhood area is Adikkmet, RTC X Road, Nallakunta and Ramnagar. The OU campus is at a walk able distance. TSRTC buses are available to all parts of the city. The nearest railway station is Vidyanagar and Jamai Osmania. The Secunderabad Railway Station is 3 km away and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is at 35 km.
History
Prof. K Purushotham Reddy an eminent environmentalist and said, “In the early 1950s, it was a mango garden belonging to Jafar Ali Khan, a Nawab and renowned chief engineer, who built the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. He lived in Vidyanagar and his house was a landmark.”
“Vidyanagar came into existence around 1950 to 1952. It includes areas from Adikmet to Nallakunta, east of Azamabad industrial area, Vigyanpuri colony, and Ramnagar Gundu. Vigyanpuri was a play camp where hut dwellers used to reside during 1965,” he added.
The Durga Bai Deshmukh Hospital was earlier a Quarantine Centre for plague disease personnel. Top university professors and intellectuals viz Prof. Laxmiranjanam, Prof. Diwakarla Venkatavadani, Prof. Laxmikanthaih, Prof. Venkataramana, Dr KL Rao, Prof. G Ram Reddy (former vice-chancellor and UGC chairman), Prof. PV Rama Kistaigh and many journalists, writers, researchers, students used to live here due to close proximity to the OU campus.
The name Vidyanagar was derived because the residents were in pursuit of education. The area was famous for Chalamaigh and Ramaigh hotels for breakfast and meals. There were two large water bodies Nagamaigh Kunta and Batukamma Kunta where paddy was cultivated. Unfortunately, these water bodies have vanished over the years.
Problems
The residents complain that the shifting of Azamabad industrial area to a safe distance as per the directions of the Supreme Court has not happened. People continue to suffer with air pollution. The morning walkers from Vidyanagar who proceed to the OU campus over the Railway Over Bridge are in the danger of falling in a manhole on the footpath.
The Osmania University main road lighting is very poor and walkers, mainly senior citizens, face problems. The residents of Adikmet have been requesting a park as a lung space and a playground for children. However, authorities have paid no heed to their needs.
The new Police Station located in Vidyanagar is ready for inauguration. However it was named as Nallakunta Police Station as per old nomenclature. As a result, there is confusion amongst the residents about jurisdiction and its functioning.
