SOURCE :- SIASAT NEWS
Hyderabad: The Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) conducted an anti-encroachment drive from Malkajgiri X Road to Anand Bagh Chowrasta on Wednesday, April 8.
According to Assistant City Planner VB Srinivas Rao, around 50 temporary sheds were removed. The demolition was conducted in the presence of the police.
Local vendors protested and sought time from officials, but the drive continued.
The corporation is planning to conduct another anti-encroachment drive on Friday.
No money to pay my children’s fees: Distraught vendor
A female vendor whose sheds were among the 50 removed is still reeling from what happened. “They came around 9:30 am and started removing at once. We begged them to give us time, but they did not listen. Everything is ruined. I have not eaten anything since morning. I am forced to beg,” she said.
“They have destroyed everything. I need to pay Rs 10,000 as rent. I have no money to pay for my children’s school fees. Their exams are about to begin in two months. What should I do? Where should i go? I am helpless,” she said.
She said 20-25 police personnel came and dragged them out. “They have destroyed everything. our dools, colourful pots, deepam…. everything is lost,” she said.
In a similar drive, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) removed 798 encroachments across Hyderabad on April 4.
Of these 340 permanent and 458 temporary encroachments were removed. The drive was carried out across all six zones in Shamshabad, Charminar, Rajendranagar, Golconda, Khairatabad and Seunderabad, said a press release.
SOURCE : SIASAT
