Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has launched a massive demolition drive to clear the encroachments and reclaim the prime land in Madhapur area near Hitec City.
Ten team of GHMC, armed with bulldozers and other heavy equipment, protected by the police teams, launched the clearing operation this morning from survey No. 11 to 37 to reclaim 620 acres of land. The land originally belonged to Gurukul Trust but was illegally encroached by some influential people including politicians and bureaucrats.
The operation to clear the encroachments was launched day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao held a review meeting with the officials including the GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar, director general of police Anurag Sharma and some Ministers.An angry CM wanted to know from the officials how water and electricity connections were provided to the illegal structures in the area.