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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Monday, May 19 conducted a demolition drive in Miyapur, Hydernagar and Puppalguda areas.

Illegal encroachments on government land were demolished in both areas. The demolition drive was conducted amid heavy police presence to prevent any law and order issues.

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Addressing the media regarding the demolition, HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath said, “It is an HMDA layout. On the orders of the division bench of the Telangana high court, we are removing the unauthorised structures.”

Videos of demolition drive shared on social media showed, HYDRAA machinery demolishing make shift shelters in Hydernagar, Hyderabad.

The encroachment of Diamond Hills in Hydernagar

In 2000, 79 plots were made in 9 acres of survey number 145 in Hydernagar named as Diamond Hills. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) had approved this layout.

In 2007, the saga of encroachment began when one Dr NSD Prasad had entered the property with an unregistered assignment deed. In a case where the plot owners were not a party to, Prasad took an ex-party decree, claimed that it was an agricultural land and occupied 7 acres. Without making the plot owners a party to the case, by showing the court order Prasad occupied the swimming pool, roads, parks and plots, by erasing their boundaries and removing the foundations.

The victims then approached HYDRAA and showed a court order from September 9, 2024, which had ruled in their favour. They also complained that in the last several years, Prasad has given the plot to several companies for parking their vehicles and has been making Rs 50 lakh per month on rent.

The victims had stated that even in the rest of their 2 acres, Prasad had laid fencing to prevent them from entering their plots. They informed HYDRAA that when they went to their plots with the court’s orders, they were locked inside by the encroacher, with an intent to intimidate them.

After inspecting the site along with the officials of various departments concerned, HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath discussed the matter with both the disputing parties at the HYDRAA’s office last Wednesday, verifying the documents and court orders.

On the commissioner’s orders, HYDRAA officials went to the site and demolished the illegal encroachments, providing relief to the victims. A board stating the land has been reclaimed by HYDRAA was erected at the site, and the officials were asked to demarcate the boundaries for roads, parks, plots and other aspects of the layout.

HYDRAA demolitions at Dollar Hills in Puppalguda

On Monday, demolitions were carried out by HYDRAA officials at Dollar Hills in Puppalguda of Manikinda municipality.

In survey numbers 104/1, 106 and 113 of Narsingi mandal, one Santosh Reddy and his friends owned 60 acres of land. In 1998, Santosh Reddy made layouts in 30 acres in the name of Dollar Hills. With the preliminary layout approvals of HMDA, they sold 80 percent of the plots.

By not developing the sites and not making the payments on time, Santosh Reddy and his friends conspired to get the layout’s permissions cancelled, which was done in 2005 by HMDA for technical reasons.

They then conspired and converted the land into agricultural land without the notice of the plot owners. However, some of the plot owners built houses by applying for layout regularisation.

The realtors then merged some of the plots, roads and parks with 30 acres of land located adjacent to Dollar Hills, and showed the entire land as agricultural land, and sold it to one real estate company named NCC. The matter has been in the court since 2016.

When the matter is in the court, the realtor wasn’t supposed to construct anything on that land. However, the residents of Dollar Hills complained to HYDRAA that illegal constructions were happening there, with explosives being used to blast earth.

On May 14, Ranganath, along with other officials inspected the site and called both the parties to HYDRAA office and verified the records and documents submitted in the court.

The plot owners informed Ranganath that in the past they had also lodged complaint against Santosh Reddy in Narsingi police station.

On Monday, HYDSAA not only prevented NCC realtors from not only constructing any new structures, but also demolished the illegally constructed structures on the disputed land.

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