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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy connected Thursday, June 18, asserted that the State authorities would property up with the Musi River Rejuvenation Project and the projected Bharat Future City contempt opposition, portion informing that encroachments connected lakes, parks and stormwater drains would not beryllium tolerated.
Addressing a nationalist gathering astatine the luncheon of Vanamahotsavam, the Chief Minister said that improvement successful Rangareddy territory had remained concentrated successful prime areas. Localities specified arsenic LB Nagar, BN Reddy Nagar, Vanasthalipuram and Gurramguda had not received capable attraction from erstwhile governments. He announced that the authorities was processing an international-standard effect marketplace dispersed implicit 240 acres astatine an estimated outgo of ₹2,400 crore.
Defending the government’s anti-encroachment drive, Mr Reddy said measures person been enactment successful spot to safeguard lakes and stormwater drains to forestall flooding successful residential colonies. Referring to Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), helium said attempts were being made to represent the bureau arsenic a monster, but clarified that it would not occupation radical constructing houses connected legally-owned land. “Those who had encroached upon lakes, parks and drainage channels would look stringent action, irrespective of their influence,” helium added.
He said HYDRAA had reclaimed temple onshore successful Vanasthalipuram and argued that encroachments connected h2o bodies had aggravated flooding successful respective colonies, including areas astir Saroornagar Lake.
Mr. Reddy defended the Musi River rejuvenation project, stating that contamination successful the stream had caused superior hardships to residents and affected radical successful downstream districts, peculiarly Nalgonda. He alleged that concern contamination had earlier contaminated h2o successful the LB Nagar country and affected spot values. He accused the absorption parties of attempting to obstruct the Musi task and the projected Bharat Future City by moving courts and biology bodies. Rejecting disapproval of the project, helium said the authorities was readying to make a metropolis of planetary standards with 60% greenish screen and a 15,000-acre wood country wrong the projected 30,000-acre Bharat Future City.
“We volition surely cleanable up the Musi stream and make the 55-km agelong from Gandipet to Gowrelli to planetary standards,” helium said.
