As the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) continues to crack its whip on structures allegedly constructed in the full tank level areas and buffer zones of lakes and on government lands, questions are being raised over the very legal sanctity of the agency.
HYDRA's demolition drives are triggering political challenges for Congress, with some senior party leaders who allegedly own structures close to Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar fearing that the agency might target them.
Was the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRA) selective while recently demolishing allegedly illegal structures in the buffer zone of Osman Sagar?
Rather than decentralising the power and operations to make the services accessible to people, the State government was planning to centralise power and conspiring for large-scale land encroachments and corruption, says BRS MLA KP Vivekananda.
The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRA) to be entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring area covering 2,000 square kms up to Outer Ring Road.
