Telangana High Court Orders Crackdown on Illegal Parking and Footpath Encroachments

Overview

• Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar directed GHMC, Hyderabad Traffic Police, and HYDRAA, the city’s road and traffic authority, to intensify joint drives against irregular parking and blocked sidewalks.
• Officials must install permanent fixtures on restored pavements so pedestrians can use the full width without new encroachments.
• The court set a June 9 deadline for a detailed status report ahead of the next hearing.
• GHMC told the court that special clean-up drives to remove footpath encroachments are already in progress.
• The petition by retired journalist B. Surender and two others said illegal parking and occupied pavements force people into traffic and slow buses and emergency vehicles.