Allotment of lake land is illegal
A lake has been encroached for the creation of an approach road
Hyderabad: Though the state government claims that there are readily available government lands to set up industries, these lands are located on lakes.
Therefore ,allowing an industry within the Full Tank Level of the water body would be in violation of the WALTA Act. It would also defeat the purpose of government’s campaign to save lakes.
Johnson&Johnson as well as P&G, have procured units land sites of 50 and 150 acre respectively in Pottur mandal. A lake has been encroached for the creation of an approach road, which accounts for one acre.
“When this issue was brought to the notice of the officials, the government issued a GO in January 2014, saying the companies would have to compensate the state by giving another one acre from their industrial land sites.
The Supreme Court had said that building in a lake site is a violation of the Act,” said Lubna Sarwat, convener SOUL. Many environmentalists say that there are many such cases, that need to be assessed.