The Hindu 04.10.2013
Water bodies: HMDA chief submits report to Lokayukta
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad, on Thursday appeared before the
Lokayukta and submitted a status report of the water bodies within HMDA
limits.
This was done following the directions of the
Lokayukta, which in June sought a report on all the water bodies along
with the steps taken to restore them to their original size, Thakur
Rajkumar Singh, co-convener, Save Our Urban Lakes (Soul) said.
Only
the list of lakes was submitted and the HMDA Commissioner failed to
submit the list of lost lakes and encroachments in each and every lake
in Hyderabad, Mr. Singh said in a press release issued here, adding that
the steps taken to protect and restore lakes in their jurisdiction were
also not submitted.
