(1) What arrangements for water can you see inside the Golconda fort?
For example, wells, tanks, stepwells.
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During the eight-month siege of Golconda fort in 1687, water wasn't one of the concerns for the citizens of the fort township as they held out. The mighty army of Aurangazeb could not wrest the fort with the might of its arms despite the siege, despite three months of summer and despite the lessons from an earlier siege in 1656. What made this possible was the assured supply of water.
Twice told tales about the Golconda involve the flow of water through the lakes to the highest point in the fort. But this was subterfuge. The reality is different and humbling. A walk from Pan Maktha, off the Old Bombay Highway, leads to a dirty nullah with plastic bottles and other garbage filling it up. A walk up the hill, leads to exhilaration of watching a small 2-ft canal that skirts the rocky contours of the hill. It disappears and reappears under huge rocks leading right up to the Durgam Cheruvu anicut.
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Arrangements for Independence Day parade and hoisting of flag by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao are being made at the historic Golconda Fort, the police said on Monday.