Hyderabad, March 15 -- The Charkandil Junction at Aghapura has a new look after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) installed a giant lamp post with five lanterns at a cost of Rs 27 lakh.

Charkandil junction, which also means char kandil (lantern in Arabic), illuminated the road during the post Nizam era when streetlights did not exist.

Old timers recall that during the Nizam era, a separate wing was formed to illuminate and maintain the lanterns that were hung at important junctions in Hyderabad.

A worker of the local Baldia was assigned the task of lighting the lanterns after dusk. The person would walk around various localities and roads, holding a torch and lighting up the lanterns. The iconic Charkhandil junction ha...