Alwal

Alwal అల్వాల్
Neighbourhood
Medchal bound DHMU at Alwal Railway Station
Alwal Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°30′11″N 78°30′25″E / 17.503°N 78.507°ECoordinates: 17°30′11″N 78°30′25″E / 17.503°N 78.507°E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Medchal district
City	Hyderabad
Government
• Body	GHMC
Population
• Total	2,40,000
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	500010
Lok Sabha constituency	Malkajgiri
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Malkajgiri
Planning agency	GHMC, Alwal

Alwal is a neighbourhood of Hyderabad in the Medchal district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the mandal headquarters of Alwal mandal in Malkajgiri revenue division.^[1] It was a municipality prior to its merger into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.^[2]

This area is booming as residents of central Hyderabad are moving to Alwal to escape traffic congestion and pollution. However, Alwal too has fallen prey to increasing commercialization and rampant construction activity contributing to pollution and other ills. No proper town planning of once-spacious suburb of Alwal is leaving its "lung spaces", so to speak, thoroughly constricted. The nearby cantonment (military) area offers good lung space for morning walkers/joggers, but this too had been debarred by the Army officials.^[3]

History

Alwal was a prime area under the British Cantonment. It derived its name after ‘alvars’ who were Tamil poets, the proponents of Bhakti movement and devotees of Lord Venkateshwara.^[4] It is home to a historic Venkateswara temple, which is located near Alwal municipal office and is more than 400 years old.There is a temple in the style of the Lotus Temple, Delhi

Alwal was a part of Jagir of Sir Kishen Pershad, Prime Minister of Nizam, during the 1920s. Sir Kishen Pershad used to have his ‘Devdi’ (palace) at Alwal and used to spend time here during summer.

Transport

Alwal is 8 km away from Secunderabad Railway station and 12 km away from Begumpet Airport and almost 50 km from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

Alwal Railway Station

Public transport include, city buses operated by TSRTC and MMTS rail services from the Alwal railway station called as Alwal Railway Station.

Notable people

• Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter was born here^[5]
• B. Narsing Rao, Acclaimed Film Director
• Gaddar, Balladeer
• Banda Karthika Reddy, Ex-Mayor (GHMC)

Assembly Constituency

Alwal falls under Malkajgiri Assembly constituency. Alwal circle consists of 3 divisions: Alwal, Macha Bollaram and Yapral. All these three divisions come under Malkajgiri Assembly constituency.

References

1. "Medchal−Malkajgiri district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
2. "Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation". www.ghmc.gov.in. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
3. mlc-flooded-with-complaints-over-closure-of-army-roads
4. yeh humara shehar alwal
5. http://www.hindu.com/pp/2006/08/26/stories/2006082600400100.htm