The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner, AV Ranganath on Wednesday, May 21, conducted a field inspection at Ranganatha Nagar in Lingampally, following a series of complaints filed through the Prajavani.
Plot owners from Ranganatha Nagar met the HYDRAA commissioner and alleged that their entire layout, developed in 1985 across 184 acres with more than 850 plots, had been illegally occupied. They said that during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, a group backed by influential real estate players took control of the layout, demolished existing houses, and converted roads, parks, and even a temple into agricultural land.
The complainants, who had been staging peaceful protests, said they had secured legal ownership decades ago and had approached courts over the encroachment. They reminded HYDRAA commissioner that the case had reached the Supreme Court, which directed the High Court to ensure justice within four weeks.