HYDRAA protects two lakes in Medchal-Malkajgiri after encroachment complaints

Two lakes in Medchal-Malkajgiri district were protected by the HYDRAA on Saturday following residents’ complaints of renewed encroachment attempts.

The water bodies are the 3.11-acre Gollavani Kunta lake at Dummarapochampally village in Dundigal mandal and the 27-acre Chintala Cheruvu in Survey No. 329, covering the Gajularamaram and Devender Nagar areas of Qutbullapur mandal, a



press release said.

Residents had complained of soil dumping, renewed illegal construction and temporary sheds being erected on lake land. After an inspection, HYDRAA teams fenced nine acres of lake land and installed signboards identifying it as lake property and warning that trespassers would be prosecuted, the press release said.