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Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Wednesday cleared multiple encroachments in Rajendranagar mandal of Rangareddy district, reclaiming valuable public land, estimated to be worth 139 crore.The operation focused on four parks in the Janachaitanya layout phases I and II, spread across Badvel and Upparapally villages. In total, HYDRAA recovered 19,878 square yards of land from encroachers.The Janachaitanya layout, covering around 120 acres and developed with HUDA (now HMDA) approval, witnessed illegal occupation of several designated park areas. Following multiple complaints lodged through the HYDRAA Prajavani grievance system, officials conducted field inspections along with revenue and municipal authorities to verify the encroachments before taking action.During the demolition drive, HYDRAA removed illegally constructed compound walls, sheds, and rooms on plots ranging between 500 and 3,000 square yards. Officials said the structures were encroaching upon areas reserved for public parks, depriving residents of recreational spaces.After clearing the encroachments, HYDRAA immediately began erecting fencing around the reclaimed park land to prevent future unauthorised occupation. The authority emphasised its commitment to protecting public spaces and ensuring that community parks remain accessible to residents. Local officials also urged citizens to report any illegal encroachments to maintain the integrity of public land parcels.
An investigation by the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has confirmed the alleged violation of Musi river and a connected stream by a real estate developer at Manchirevula village of Gandipet mandal in Ranga Reddy district. HYDRAA carried the investigation into the project through physical inspection and on the basis of satellite data and topographic sheets before coming to the conclusion about encroachment by Sri Aditya Kedia Realtors LLP, for a project constituti ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Amid chaos, protests and orders, HYDRAA officials removed the tens of illegal borewells installed at Madhapur's Sunnam Cheruvu on Monday. Water tanker businesses had illegally dug borewells on the lake, collected polluted water and sold it to nearby hostels and PGs. A case had been booked last week. HYDRAA, along with removing the illegal borewells, also razed the borewell sheds raised on the lake's full tank level (FTL), and seized the water tankers. Commissioner A.V. Ranganath said that the water tanker business kingpin Venkatesh was arrested by Madhapur police on Sunday. While ...Read More >
Hyderabad: By redeveloping the botanical garden on the campus, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) aims to create a gene bank of local varieties of wild fruits and flowers. Officials said they are planting many local varieties, including 'jitregi' (Bombay blackwood), 'bandaru' (hop bush tree), 'somi' ('Prosopis cineraria'), 'kanuka' (Indian beech or pongamia), which are close to extinction or not easily available even in the forests of Telangana. They said the project has been taken up to ensure that all these seeds will be available at one place even after h ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTGAU), Rajendranagar, has defended the removal of hundreds of trees from its campus, stating that the operation was part of a scientifically planned ecological revival initiative to remove non-native water-consuming trees and replace them with local species, and not an arbitrary felling. The clarification came after students staged protests late Saturday night when large portions of the land were cleared under police protection. Vice Chancellor Prof. Aldas Janaiah said the trees being removed, mostly eucalyptus and sub ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: In a major operation on Monday, HYDRAA launched a crackdown at Sunnam Cheruvu, cleared illegal structures within the lake's Full Tank Level (FTL) limits and halted the sale of contaminated groundwater. Officials confirmed that borehole operators were supplying water with high levels of lead, cadmium and nickel -- metals known to cause cancer and other health issues. Dissolved oxygen levels were found to be zero, making the water unfit even for irrigation, as per Pollution Control Board (PCB) reports. Tankers were seized, and sheds around boreholes demolished. HYDRAA has lodged comp ...Read More >
Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner A.V. Ranganath felicitated the residents of RK Puram Officers' Colony for their persistent efforts in reclaiming a 3,000-square-yard park from encroachment. Praising them for their decades-long struggle, he called them role models for protecting public spaces and inspiring civic responsibility. The park land, originally designated in a 1968 layout, had been illegally occupied over the years by encroachers who created ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday launched 'Vana Mahotsavam', a massive plantation programme under which 18.03 crore saplings are to be planted across the state this monsoon. The Chief Minister inaugurated the programme at Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University at Rajendranagar in Rangareddy district. Accompanied by Forest and Environment Minister Konda Surekha, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) C. Suvarna, the Chief Minister planted the saplings at the Botanical Garden. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Min ...Read More >