Overview
- HYDRAA teams, backed by a large police presence, cleared occupants and began demolitions after reporting new sheds and huts on three acres of government land in Vengalraonagar.
- Occupants contended they had lived there for decades and said the drive began without prior notice, with some protesters taken to SR Nagar Police Station.
- HYDRAA stated the Housing Board had acquired 45 acres before 1975, reserving five acres for public purposes, and said two acres with older permanent structures were not disturbed.
- The action follows this week’s reclamation of 11 acres elsewhere in Hyderabad, including a two-acre colony park in Kondapur and nine acres in Kukatpally designated for a graveyard and dumping yard, where sheds were removed, fencing was laid and signboards were installed.
- Earlier, HYDRAA issued a buyer advisory after reviewing 48 complaints, urging verification of lake FTL limits, layout approvals and a 40-foot access road, as broader title disputes and lake-related concerns continue to be examined.