Hyderabad: HYDRAA conducts demolition drive in Hydernagar, Miyapur

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Monday, May 19 conducted a demolition drive in Miyapur and Hydernagar areas.

Illegal encroachments on government land were demolished in both areas. The demolition drive was conducted amid heavy police presence to prevent any law and order issues.

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Addressing the media regarding the demolition, HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath said, “It is an HMDA layout. On the orders of the division bench of the Telangana high court, we are removing the unauthorised structures.”

The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Monday, May 19 conducted a demolition drive in Miyapur and Hydernagar areas.

Illegal encroachments on government lads were demolished in the two areas. The demolition drive was conducted amid heavy police… pic.twitter.com/fBsqvYiVJj

— The Siasat Daily (@TheSiasatDaily) May 19, 2025

Videos of demolition drive shared on social media showed, HYDRAA machinery demolishing make shift shelters in Hydernagar, Hyderabad.

The encroachment of Diamond Hills in Hydernagar

In 2000, 79 plots were made in 9 acres of survey number 145 in Hydernagar named as Diamond Hills. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) had approved this layout.

In 2007, the saga of encroachment began when one Dr NSD Prasad had entered the property with an unregistered assignment deed. In a case where the plot owners were not a party to, Prasad took an ex-party decree, claimed that it was an agricultural land and occupied 7 acres. Without making the plot owners a party to the case, by showing the court order Prasad occupied the swimming pool, roads, parks and plots, by erasing their boundaries and removing the foundations.

The victims then approached HYDRAA and showed a court order from September 9, 2024, which had ruled in their favour. They also complained that in the last several years, Prasad has given the plot to several companies for parking their vehicles and has been making Rs 50 lakh per month on rent.

The victims had stated that even in the rest of their 2 acres, Prasad had laid fencing to prevent them from entering their plots. They informed HYDRAA that when they went to their plots with the court’s orders, they were locked inside by the encroacher, with an intent to intimidate them.

After inspecting the site along with the officials of various departments concerned, HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath discussed the matter with both the disputing parties at the HYDRAA’s office last Wednesday, verifying the documents and court orders.

On the commissioner’s orders, HYDRAA officials went to the site and demolished the illegal encroachments, providing relief to the victims. A board stating the land has been reclaimed by HYDRAA was erected at the site, and the officials were asked to demarcate the boundaries for roads, parks, plots and other aspects of the layout.

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