[3][4] Mehboob Ali Pasha the Sixth Nizam popularised the lake amongst his guests and selected it as the best place around Hyderabad to watch sunset.

[6] The lake was once used for fishing and was also visited by migratory birds during winter.

[2][7] The channels that used to connect the lake to various other water bodies are today blocked due to encroachment.

[6] It is reported that due to haphazard development, encroachment and degradation of biodiversity of the area around the lake, a general declining trend is seen in the visit of migratory birds to the various lakes around Hyderabad.

However no statistics or studies specific to this lake is carried out till date.