HYDRAA clears encroachments on Bam Rukn Ud-Dowlah lake

In an action-filled daylong operation, the forces from the Hyderabad Catastrophe Response and Asset Safety Company (HYDRAA) , along with different departments, cracked down on the unauthorised constructions within the Bam Rukn Ud-Dowlah (Lake Rukn Ud-Dowlah) in Shivarampally space of Rajendranagar mandal on Saturday (August 10, 2024).

Excessive stress prevailed in King’s Colony and Shastripuram areas as the homes of some VIPs have been allegedly demolished.

Outfitted with earthmovers, the forces pulled down a number of constructions which got here up throughout the full tank degree (FTL) of the lake, which had been crammed up by the encroachers over the previous eight months.

The constructions allegedly included buildings owned by the legislator of Bahadurpura Constituency Mohammed Mubeen and MLC Mirza Rahmat Baig.

Mr. Ranganath put the determine of demolished constructions at round 12-13, which have been all beneath building, and unoccupied. It was a joint operation in coordination with the Larger Hyderabad Municipal Company, Irrigation, Police, Hearth, and Income departments, he mentioned. A complete 10 acres of FTL has been reclaimed from the encroachers, he mentioned.

The encroachment and filling of the heritage lake had been lengthy condoned by civic and income authorities regardless of objections raised by the Irrigation officers and anxious residents.

In 2018 a case was filed within the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal by activist-political chief Lubna Sarwath, in opposition to encroachment of the western aspect of lake the place BT roads have been laid. 

Upon the courtroom’s instructions the following yr, the then principal secretary of Municipal Administration, Arvind Kumar surveyed the lake along with the Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

In 2022 too a committee constituted by the central air pollution management board surveyed the lake along with the petitioner Sarwath and submitted their report about encroachments and air pollution of the lake.

Nonetheless, no motion had been taken in opposition to encroachments, and throughout the previous eight months, even the japanese a part of the lake too was completely levelled and constructed upon. The enforcement authorities together with Police & Income shunned taking motion, citing a Excessive Court docket order produced by the encroacher.

The order merely directed the authorities to not intervene with the petitioner’s possession of his six acres of land in Survey No. 42 within the ‘Bumruknudowla village’ of Rajendranagar mandal, with out following the due course of.

Solely 3.5 acres of the 12 acre land inside Survey No. 42 falls into the lake’s FTL space, and no Income enquiry was carried out to find out the placement of the six acres claimed by the petitioner.

“We aren’t involved with the difficulty of title. The difficulty right here is of unauthorised building with out the required permissions from the civic physique,” Mr. Ranganath mentioned.

Mr.Ranganath mentioned efforts will probably be made in coordination with the GHMC, to revive the lake to its authentic form and extent.

HYDRAA forces additionally cleared unlawful constructions from the Erla Cheruvu in Chandanagar on Saturday.