This study on the urban and peri-urban water bodies of Hyderabad focuses on the existing condition of lakes all of which fall in the outskirts of the urban core of the city of Hyderabad (area outside the jurisdiction of the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, but falling within this existing boundary of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation).

The lakes selected within this study fall in the Serilingampally mandal (which falls in the outer periurban fringe of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area). These lakes have been identified in consensus with the Chief City Planner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) as the priority lakes which the city officials have been looking to rejuvenate.