As per the MoU, the Deccan Park needs to be integrated with the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park. The 200 meter wide frontage would serve as the main entry to the Heritage Park and house visitor facilities including parking, amphitheatre and site interpretation centre as per the approved master plan for the complex.

The existing modern inappropriate temporary sheds and other facilities such as toy train etc. needs to be dismantled. Modern deep water tanks have been built in the Deccan Park which pose health and safety hazards for visitors and need to be removed.

OUTCOME:

  • Discussions have been held with the Quli Qutb Shahi Urban Development Authority – the current custodian of the site – for permission to commence works.
  • The Commissioner – Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) visited the site for review of the proposed development of the area.
  • GHMC City Planner reviewed the existing structures of the site and submitted report to authorities for further perusal.
  • Meetings were held with the Chief City Planner and Additional Chief City Planner, GHMC on the proposed development of the site following removal of inappropriate structures.

NEXT STEPS:

The discussions are to be further carried out with the Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority and Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of Telengana through 2016 to commence works.

South Gate to Tombs
South Gate to Tombs It is commonly believed that for burial at the tomb complex the body was brought from Golconda through an underground passage. The excavations at a depression found south of Ibrahim’s Tomb revealed an arched gateway within the enclosure wall that stands less than 500 m from the Golconda fortifications and would no doubt have been the referred entry to the tombs during burial ceremonies. The fact that the northern entrance of Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah’s Tomb, southern gate of the boundary wall of the tombs and the Patancheru gate of the Golconda Fort are more or less in the same alignment, further establishes the significance of this gateway over which stands a striking mosque. To the east of Sultan Ibrahim’s Tomb, another retaining wall with steps centrally aligned with the rear wall of the Idgah were discovered, suggesting the presence of a wider platform for the Idgah in the 16th century. © Aga Khan Trust for Culture