Hyderabad, August 30: Tension prevailed in the Sardar Patel Nagar in Kukatpally here on Monday when the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials with the help of revenue nd police departments conducted drive to remove encroachments.
As part of the drive, the GHMC officials demolished several encroachments in the areas. However, the locals resisted the drive and had a heated argument with the GHMC and police officials. The people in the area demanded that they be given an alternative place for shelter. Earlier, the GHMC officials identified 25 encroachments including residential houses, commercial complexes and the buildings which violated rules and regulations and served notices on them.
GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu said the drive to remove encroachments is being taken up periodically to ensure that the road margins and footpaths are kept free of obstructions. “Unless we do it regularly, the encroachers would not feel the heat,” observed a senior official. Police security was further enhanced after the Kukatpally incident.
——Agencies