Villas near Ibrahim Lake demolished

 Hyderabad: In a joint operation, the six villas constructed illegally in the buffer zone of Ibrahim Lake were demolished on Wednesday.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authorities (HMDA), Manikonda Municipal, and Narsingi police were involved in the operation. The operation started before sunrise and was over by noon. Phalgun Kumar, Manikonda Municipal Commissioner, Veketesh, DSP Enforcement HMDA, along with the Irrigation department officers carried out the operation.

The villas known as Lake View villas were illegally built on the buffer zone, survey numbers 53 and 54.

Jithender Merugu, a resident near this lake, said, “Many constructions have come up near the lake. The authorities need to crack the whip to free the lake of encroachments.”