Hyderabad, Oct. 23 -- Satellite images from 1967 show that lakes have shrunk by at least 83 percent in the city. The shocking images show the extent to which water bodies in Hyderabad have fallen prey to urbanisation and as such have slowly decreased in size over the years.

The satellite images from 1967 and present-day of Durgam Cheruvu, Mir Alam Tank and three other lakes were accessed by The News Minute in collaboration with World Resources Institute's Raj Bhagat P and Aakash Malik.

In 1967 the Durgam Chervu covered over 4.7 lakh square meters whereas now it has reduced in size by over 15 percent and is only 4 lakh square meters. Mir Alam Tank which is located adjacent to the Hyderabad Nehru Zoological Park in 1967 was 18.8 lakh squa...