Musi oustees protest at Hyderabad Collector office

Holding placards in hands and shouting anti-government slogans, the protestors demanded that the State government revisit its plan and do justice to them.

Hyderabad: The wrath of the victims of the Musi River Development Project reached Hyderabad district collector office on Monday, as hundreds of the oustees travelled from their homes to the collector office at Lakdikapul and staged a massive protest.

Holding placards in hands and shouting anti-government slogans, the protestors demanded that the State government revisit its plan and do justice to them. The district administration reportedly tried to convince them to move to 2BHK houses allocated to them far away from the city.

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Srilatha, a middle aged woman from Langer Houz, said that it is impossible for them to leave their houses and go away. “Nobody has any right to remove us from our houses. We don’t want any 2BHK, it is of no use to us,” she said.

Madhavi, another woman complained the authorities are hurrying with the project without considering the human aspect. “My son is physical challenged. I cannot move away from this place. He has to be taken care of properly and cannot adjust with the 2BHK flat,” she said.

The police were deployed in large numbers at the Hyderabad Collector office to prevent the protest from turning violent. The protestors had squatted in front of the gate and showed their dissent over the project.