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Members from Musi Jan Andolan, a civilian nine radical representing the communities surviving connected the Musi stream bank, met the team from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which is connected a sojourn to Hyderabad with respect to the Musi Riverfront Development project, and gave a practice seeking an assignment to conscionable and explicate their concerns successful detail.
Members from the radical including Syed Bilal, Varghese Theckanath and Ruchit met the squad connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) erstwhile they visited the stream astatine Tipu Khan Bridge — which is portion of improvement nether Phase-I of the project. Detailed proposals for the Phase-I were already shared with the ADB done the Ministry of Jal Shakti arsenic portion of the National River Conservation Plan.
The civilian nine radical has already been successful interaction with the ADB apical brass done email communication, flagging issues specified arsenic deficiency of nationalist consultation earlier taking up the project.
In the latest representation, the issues raised included lack of Detailed Project Report (DPR) successful the nationalist domain, arbitrary demolitions and continued contamination of the river.
There person been nary inclusive and antiauthoritarian nationalist consultations and hearings with the affected families, riverbank residents, displaced persons, farmers, civilian nine organisations and biology groups, arsenic per the missive addressed to Mio Oka, the Country Director (India).
Apart from DPR, determination is nary broad Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), adjacent portion the demolitions displaced implicit 400 families including susceptible groups specified arsenic old, women, children and persons with disabilities, without capable anterior notice, meaningful rehabilitation plans oregon effectual livelihood restoration support, it alleged.
Further, the stream continues to beryllium polluted by untreated concern effluents with nary clear, substantive program successful the nationalist domain to code the basal causes of contamination oregon to guarantee agelong word ecological restoration of the stream and its basin. The delegation agreed to conscionable the members of the radical connected Friday (January 23, 2026), sources informed.
