Socialist Party (India)

Hyderabad 30 May 2021

SURVEY OF SURRAM CHERUVU BANDLAGUDA WAS CONDUCTED ON 15 APRIL 2021 WITH COMMISSIONER GHMC, SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER LAKES, THASILDAR BANDLAGUDA, IRRIGATION AND REVENUE OFFICIALS AND PETITIONER TEAM, AS PER LOKAYUKTA ORDERS IN CASE NO. 230/2016/B1 ON 19 APRIL 2021 LOKAYUKTA ORDERED GHMC COMMISSIONER’S PRESENCE WITH LIST OF ALL OFFICIALS WHO WERE/ARE IN CHARGE OF THE LAKE FROM WHEN THE HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION WAS ALLOWED TILL DATE – WHETHER IN SERVICE OR RETIRED ALONG WITH PENSION PAYMENT ORDERS FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST IF FOUND GUILTY. NEXT HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 17 JUNE 2021.

A. BELOW EXTRACT FROM LOKAYUKTA ORDER DATED 19 APRIL 2021:

B. BELOW FEW PICS FROM SURVEY OF LAKE ALONG WITH OFFICIALS ON 15 APR 2021:

PIC 1- FENCING INSIDE LAKE LEAVING OUT THE HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTIONS ON THE RIGHT. ROADS INSIDE THE LAKE.

PIC 2: OLD GHMC FENCING OF LAKE ABBUTTING THE ROAD NEAR WEIR OF LAKE; BUILDING CONSTRUCTED INSIDE GHMC FENCING OF LAKE

PIC 3: CONCRETE WALLS AND COSTRUCTION DEBRIS INSIDE THE LAKE

PIC 4: VANITY CONSTRUCTIONS OF MOUNDS INSIDE LAKE. shot @17° 18′ 36.88″ N, 78° 28′ 19.37″ E.

PIC 5: PATHETIC CONDITION OF LAKE IN SPITE OF MULTI-GOVERNANCE PRESIDING OVER THE LAKE. SHOT AT 17° 18′ 37.69″ N, 78° 28′ 19.15″ E.

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. We hope our proposal of fencing the water bodies at their buffer zones makes sense to the multi-governance presiding over the lake.

Best,

Dr Lubna Sarwath

Petitioner at Lokayukta

Dr Jasveen Jairath

Joined petitioner during survey of lake dated 15 April 2021