Recreating romance on Tank Bund

Hyderabadis lap up traffic-free Sunday evenings

A leisure walk with your beloved with the cool breeze stirring the senses is absolute romanticism. In the concrete jungle of Hyderabad, that romanticism was recreated with the popular hangout spot, Tank Bund, closed for vehicles on Sunday evenings, and leaving it to people to rekindle some good old days when life was full of pleasures moving at snail’s pace. It was kind of reclaiming the roads to take a leisure stroll on a cool evening, children skating and a few riding bicycles and the young finding space to revitalise romantic relationships. The cloudy sky played the perfect host and the breeze flowing from the lake added to the lovely set-up for hundreds of people who thronged the lake road. This was the first Sunday after the government decided to close down the Tank Bund road for vehicles from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and the response was pretty good. The decision came after MA&UD Minister K.T. Rama Rao mooted the idea after a citizen requested him. Hundreds of citizens took to Twitter posting pictures and videos of vehicle-free Tank Bund, a rare sight for Hyderabadis.