New Delhi:
Standard actor Nagarjuna’s N-Conference centre is being demolished by the Hyderabad Catastrophe Response and Property Monitoring and Safety (HYDRA), owing to allegations of encroaching the Full Tank Stage (FTL) space and buffer zone of the Thammidikunta Lake.
The FTL refers back to the unfold of any water physique upon which building is restricted. A buffer zone additionally stays established with the FTL space to forestall encroachments upon water our bodies.
Earlier this yr, the zonal commissioners of the Better Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC) had been tasked with forming lake safety committees to forestall encroachments upon water our bodies in and across the metropolis. Not too long ago, the Nationwide Distant Sensing Centre (NRSC) has additionally revealed that the extent of lakes in Hyderabad was lowered by 61 per cent between 1979 and 2024.
Nagarjuna’s Conference Centre allegedly stood on 1.12 acre of the FTL space and an extra 2 acre inside the buffer zone. In keeping with official sources, the FTL space of Thammidikunta Lake is roughly 29.24 acre.
The property was below scrutiny for a number of years. Nevertheless, the GHMC had not taken any motion in opposition to it. The administration of the conference centre allegedly used affect to bypass regulatory actions from involved authorities.
An official grievance in opposition to the conference centre was filed to HYDRA on Wednesday by Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Telangana’s Minister of Roads and Buildings. He additionally enclosed along with his grievance the FTL map stating the encroachment together with a Google Earth map.
The actor took to social media platform X (previously Twitter) following the demolition drive. “The land is a Patta land, and never even an inch of tank plan is encroached. As a law-abiding citizen, if the Courtroom earlier than which the matter is pending, had determined in opposition to me, I’d have carried out the demolition myself.” he wrote.
Pained by the illegal method of demolition carried out in respect of N Conference, opposite to present keep orders and Courtroom circumstances.
I believed it match to challenge this assertion to position on document sure information for shielding my repute and to point that we now have not achieved any…— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) August 24, 2024
He additionally claimed that no discover was issued to him previous to the demolition this morning.
The Congress authorities lately constituted HYDRA for Telangana Core City Area (TCUR) for catastrophe administration, asset safety and different capabilities. They’re liable for managing and defending authorities belongings corresponding to parks, format open areas, playgrounds, and lakes.
HYDRA is headed by IPS officer AV Ranganath and it has been demolishing unlawful constructions within the state to reclaim encroached land of water our bodies. Earlier this month, they demolished unauthorised constructions within the heritage lake Bum-Rukn-Ud-Dowla in Shastripuram, and close to the Gandipet reservoir in Rangareddy district.
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