Hyderabad: The Commissioner of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRA), AV Ranganath, visited the Alwal area on Tuesday after receiving complaints about a Hindu cemetery being encroached upon and garbage being dumped nearby.
He inspected the cemetery near Motukula Kunta Lake in Macha Bollaram, located in the Alwal mandal. The visit followed a complaint from the Macha Bollaram Residents Welfare Association Joint Action Committee. They said that the Ramky Group had illegally occupied part of the cemetery and was dumping construction waste there, creating a foul smell in the area.
During the visit, Commissioner Ranganath found that the Ramky Group had been officially given two acres of land to dump construction waste. However, the company was dumping waste beyond the permitted area. Residents claimed that the debris was being dumped in the cemetery.
Ranganath pointed out that survey number 199 includes 15.19 acres of land meant for the Hindu cemetery. He discovered that the Ramky Group had dumped waste and even started construction on about three to four acres without official permission.
Complaints were not only made by local residents but also by former MLA Mynampally Hanumanth Rao and Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender. HYDRA has now ordered the Ramky Group to stop all construction immediately and ensure that no government land is used illegally.
On Monday, during HYDRA’s Prajavani programme, Ranganath also spoke about the importance of determining the Full Tank Level (FTL) of lakes. He said that soil filling and sewage inflow were changing the natural boundaries of lakes, which has raised concerns among the public.
To address this, FTL measurements are being carried out using data from multiple departments such as Revenue, Village offices, HMDA, GHMC, Irrigation, Survey of India, and satellite images from the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).
A special expert committee has also been formed to prevent any confusion and to make sure the process is handled carefully and correctly.
