City of Memories – Mapping and Re-constructing Hyderabad’s Water Network

This project examines Hyderabad’s six-century-old stormwater management system, increasingly threatened by rapid urbanization. Disruptions in the network disproportionately affect low-lying informal settlements, causing frequent flash floods. Researchers Ambwani Supriya and Saeb Ali Khan retrace the city’s ecological and urban history, employing memory mapping, onsite surveys, and oral histories to overcome gaps in archival records. Insights are synthesized with existing data to identify vulnerable areas and test targeted “acupuncture” interventions to reconnect and restore the fractured water network, preserving Hyderabad’s urban resilience and heritage.