Encroachments demolished on government land in Shamshabad

Revenue authorities, with police protection, demolished several encroachments on government land at Airport Colony in Shamshabad. Officials said temporary structures had been built illegally on a five-acre plot, and the demolition drive was conducted smoothly without any protests or untoward incidents

Hyderabad: Amid heavy police protection, several encroachments were demolished on government land at Airport Colony in Shamshabad.

The revenue authorities carried out the demolition drive under police cover as part of an operation targeting unauthorised structures on government land on Friday. Two earthmovers were deployed to demolish all temporary encroachments, a revenue official said.

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According to revenue officials, a complaint was received from locals that encroachers were building temporary structures on the government land and trying to grab the entire five-acre land located in Survey No. 626/1 at Airport Colony.

RGIA inspector B Sanjeevulu told ‘Telangana Today’ that the encroachers had built sheds on the government land. The Shamshabad mandal revenue officials verified their records and confirmed the encroachment on government land. “We provided adequate police bandobast at the demolition site. No untoward incident took place and there was neither protest nor resistance to the demolition,” he said.