HYDRAA Clears 35 Acres of Fox Sagar FTL, Demolishes Malla Reddy Family's Farmhouse Wall

Nearly 15 acres in Doolapally and 20 acres in Jeedimetla were cleared of compound walls and boundary encroachments within Fox Sagar's FTL limits.

HYDRAA clears 35 acres of Fox Sagar FTL. (Supplied)

PROPERTY PULSE

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has stepped up efforts to reclaim encroached portions of Fox Sagar Lake, demolishing compound walls and other unauthorised structures spread across nearly 35 acres within its Full Tank Level (FTL) limits on Monday. The operation also covered a farmhouse compound wall belonging to former minister Malla Reddy's family in Doolapally village.

During the operation, HYDRAA removed a nearly half-kilometre-long bund constructed within the lake's FTL limits. The agency took serious note of the bund being used as a boundary for a farmhouse and demolished the compound wall built along it. Iron fencing erected to mark boundaries at certain locations was also removed.

In Doolapally village, HYDRAA demolished the compound wall and gate of a farmhouse belonging to members of Malla Reddy's family. The property falls within Fox Sagar's FTL limits under Survey No. 124. According to the agency, soil had been filled in the FTL and buffer zones before the compound wall was constructed and a gate installed.

HYDRAA stated that nearly 15 acres within the lake's FTL limits had been enclosed through the construction of the compound wall. The agency clarified that the structure was removed as it fell within the designated FTL boundaries.

Compound Wall Demolished

In a separate operation, officials demolished a compound wall covering nearly 20 acres within Fox Sagar's FTL limits in Survey Nos. 41 and 42 of Jeedimetla.

During the demolition at Jeedimetla, Supreme Court advocate Saurabh Raj Verma attempted to obstruct the operation, claiming inheritance rights as the successor of his father, Deepak Verma and paternal uncle, Prashant Verma. However, HYDRAA officials showed him the lake's FTL boundaries before proceeding with the demolition.

The exercise marks another step in HYDRAA's drive to reclaim Fox Sagar's encroached land and restore the lake to its designated boundaries.

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