Madinaguda is worst affected

Land is costly in the Serilingampally Assembly constituency, mostly in the 10 divisions that fall in the IT hub. Builders have made crores here by encroaching on nalas.

Six lakes and four nalas traverse through Serilingampally and drain into the Gangaram cheruvu. Most of these nalas have been encroached, said a GHMC survey. Due to the encroachments, Hydernagar, Adarshnagar, Deepthi Sree Nagar and the area around Alli Talab cheruvu face continuous inundation.

TRS corporator Navtha Reddy said, “The land price in Madinaguda division is `40,000 per square yard on the main road. Due its proximity to the IT corridor, land prices are sky rocketing. With regard to encroachments, major violators have been identified at Adarshnagar, Krishnadevaraya Nagar, Krushinagar and Deepthi Sree Nagar. Nalas from Hafizpet and Miyapur join at Patel cheruvu and this drains into Gangaram Cheruvu. Madinaguda is the major junction through which the nala passes before it ends at Gangaram cheruvu . We need 40 feet nalas here.”

The Deepthi Sree Nagar Residents Welfare Association had filed a complaint with the deputy commissioner, GHMC west zone, regarding nala encroachments by major builders in February. It needed the recent flood-like situation to bring the issue to the notice of the authorities.

Locals state that four months back another builder, Mr Prakash Chowdhary, had started to encroach on the nala. After protests by locals, construction was stopped on a temporary basis. Since it was overlooked by the GHMC, the work has restarted.

Madinaguda is the major junction through which the nala passes before it ends at Gangaram cheruvu. We need 40-foot nalas here.

NAVTHA REDDY — TRS CORPORATOR