Bandlaguda residents protest land acquisition for Gandhi Sarovar Project

Residents of Madhu Park Ridge Apartments in Bandlaguda Jagir continued their protest against land acquisition for the Gandhi Sarovar Project, sending over 5,000 postcards to Rahul Gandhi and warning of intensified agitation if eviction plans proceed.

Hyderabad: Residents of Madhu Park Ridge (MPR) apartments at Bandlaguda Jagir held a protest against land acquisition for the Gandhi Sarovar Project for the third consecutive day, drawing support from residents of other colonies whose properties were also affected.

On Sunday, residents from around half a dozen colonies, located upstream and downstream of the Musi River at Hydershakote, joined the protest on the premises of Madhu Park Ridge.

The residents chose an innovative form of protest by writing over 5,000 postcards to the former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Apart from owners of 450 flats, their families and children took part in the postcard campaign and urged Rahul Gandhi to save their homes.

The Musi Jan Andolan, a city-based civilian body supporting residents of the affected areas, also joined the protest. Speaking on the occasion, the participants and residents urged the state government not to demolish the flats, in which they had been staying for the past 15 years. They warned the protests would be intensified if the State government continued to target them for eviction for the Gandhi Sarovar project.