HYDRAA has fenced nine acres of lake land in Medchal-Malkajgiri district after residents reported fresh attempts to dump soil, build illegally and erect temporary sheds on two water bodies. The action covers Gollavani Kunta in Dummarapochampally village and Chintala Cheruvu across Gajularamaram and Devender Nagar in Qutbullapur mandal.
According to a press release, HYDRAA teams inspected the sites after receiving complaints about renewed encroachment attempts. Officials then installed fencing on portions of the lake land and placed signboards identifying the areas as lake property. The boards also warn that trespassers would face prosecution.
The first water body, the 3.11-acre Gollavani Kunta lake, is located in Dummarapochampally village in Dundigal mandal. The second, Chintala Cheruvu, covers 27 acres in Survey No. 329 and extends across the Gajularamaram and Devender Nagar areas of Qutbullapur mandal.
Residents had alleged that soil was being dumped on the lake land and that illegal construction activity had resumed. They also reported the erection of temporary sheds. The complaints prompted the inspection and subsequent protection measures, the press release said.
The intervention highlights the enforcement challenge facing water bodies located within rapidly urbanising parts of the Hyderabad region. In this instance, the reported complaints involved both physical alteration of lake land through soil dumping and attempts to establish temporary or permanent structures. Fencing and warning boards are intended to mark the land and prevent further access.
HYDRAA’s action covers only nine acres of the lake land identified for protection, while the two water bodies together have a reported area of 30.11 acres. The press release did not provide a further breakdown of the nine acres between the two lakes, nor did it specify whether any structures had been removed or whether cases had been registered against alleged encroachers.
The agency also did not disclose a further implementation timetable in the supplied statement. Its immediate measures were the site inspection, fencing and installation of signboards warning against trespass and illegal activity. The protected areas are in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, where the two lakes serve as locally identified water bodies within established residential and peri-urban areas.
Further action will depend on continued monitoring of the fenced land and enforcement of the warnings issued at both sites. HYDRAA’s press release did not state whether additional inspections or removal operations had been scheduled.
