Overview
- HYDRAA pulled down obstructions, removed debris and halted the ongoing filling of Mellacheruvu on Friday under police security.
- Officials demarcated the water body’s limits and installed fencing, with nearly 40 acres within the full tank level secured to deter fresh encroachments.
- A field inspection found truckloads of soil and boulders had been dumped and inlet heights were raised, leaving roughly half the lake’s extent filled and water levels reduced.
- Residents flagged blocked inlets at HYDRAA’s Prajavani programme, and Medak MP M. Raghunandan Rao’s written complaint prompted Commissioner A. V. Ranganath to order an enquiry.
- Ranganath had directed nearby landowner Raju Yadav to vacate land near the lake, and action followed noncompliance as officials cited rules restricting FTL land use to agriculture.