The Tourism Department is mulling over stopping the services of speed boats being operated in Hussainsagar lake after 6 p.m. A decision in this regard is expected to be taken after the board meeting. A software professional from Orissa, Bakhtawar Rana, was killed in an accident in the lake on Saturday evening. The woman was allegedly standing in the speed boat and sustained a cut on her neck after being hit by a mechanised boat. Following the incident, the Tourism Department suspended speed boat driver, G. Shiva Koti. The police, who registered a case and charged him of negligence, arrested him on Sunday.
At present, speed boats services are on till 9 p.m. everyday.
