Longest musical fountains inaugurated in Hussain Sagar

One of India’s longest musical floating fountains were unveiled at Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad on Thursday ahead of the Formula E race scheduled on Saturday.

State Tourism Minister Srinivas Yadav along with Home Minister Mohammed Mehmood Ali inaugurated the fountains.

The visitors to the lake could feel the power of the 180m long and 10m wide fountains installed by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) at a cost of Rs 17.2 crore.

As many as eleven teams and 22 drivers will take part in the first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in India.

The organisers said two iconic motorsport names – McLaren and Maserati – will line-up on the Formula E grid in Hyderabad for the first time where they will compete with Porsche, Jaguar, Nissan and Mahindra.