Telangana government recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad Urban Lab Foundation (HUL) to turn many open land parcels in the city into living spaces through ‘Urban Acupuncture’. 

This aims to promote well-designed solutions for slums, abandoned and open places, stepped spaces and areas with rapid urbanisation. 

Neglected open spaces will also be converted into living areas like playgrounds and libraries using ‘Urban Acupuncture’. 

 All this will be taken up using low-cost intervention techniques. 

The open spaces will be reclaimed by clearing garbage and Construction and Demolition (C&D) dumps. 

The project also aims to include the local stakeholders in order to provide a sense of ownership. 

An MoU was signed between the MA & UD department and the HUL foundation to promote sustainable models, tools, and best practices for low-cost urban innovation and sustainable urbanisation in the presence of the minister, KT Rama Rao.