Subject: Contempt of CPCB guidelines by GHMC/Police Department/HMDA by polluting water bodies through immersion of Idols – Government agencies spending huge money to pollute water bodies and Hussain Sagar even as there is case NGT OA 85/2015 running in NGT SZ Chennai against pollution of Hussain Sagar.
From 2013-2017 more than 30 crores have been spent to pollute the Hussain Sagar and other lakes in Hyderabad through the immersion of idols.
Rahul Reddy Bikka | “She believes in empowering locals on the waterbodies with requisite knowledge on how to tackle bureaucracy and ways to litigate the issues.”
We find an unpardonable dereliction of duty in the issuance of FTL boundary maps of the Osman Sagar Drinking water reservoir.
It is observed that the area of the drinking water reservoir Osman Sagar has been reduced by Acres 296.38 Guntas, thus severely compromising the holding capacity of the reservoir.
The HMDA has called bids for the sale of ‘open plots’ in the prohibited zone of the catchment area in Balkapur Nala.
A preliminary reply (find below) was submitted at Lokayukta Hyderabad in response to the GHMC Uppal Circle’s Report.
We fully trust in Lokayukta and all the officials that the Surram Cheruvu Bandlaguda and its hydrology viz., inflow, outflow channels and weir be restored as a common property.
OA 39/2020 in NGT Chennai – Order of 17 March 2021 – Next hearing 7 June 2021
A roundtable brain-storming session was help on 2 March 2021 at the Boat Club, Hyderabad on ‘Survival of Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad’ in light of the orders from NGT, Chennai.
