 Hyderabad was a major junction on the line linking distant trade locations like Lahore and still is to date.To facilitate the expansion of the former capital, the British deployed water pumping technologies that would pump water from the river bank at Gidu Bandar whence from the water was deposited into large reservoirs situated about 500 yards from the river bank capable of holding over 1,000,000 gallons of water, surely a first when it comes to state-of-the-art constructions.Using a smart gravitational concept, the water was then supplied to the far most arid regions of the town.