Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday, April 18, conducted an anti-encroachment drive at Attapur and other parts of the city.
The drive began at 7 am amid police presence. As per a schedule shared by the civic body, the drive was taken up in six other zones – Shamshabad, Rajendranagar, Charminar, Golconda, Khairatabad and Secunderabad.
Video of the drive showed GHMC staff breaking a cement structure constructed around a streetlight.
The GHMC deployed earth movers across the zones at Chatrinaka junction, Aramgarh area, Mehdipatnam and Gudimalkapur areas, Kachiguda junction, Maheshwari-Parameshwari theatre, Sultan Bazar, near Andhra Bank Signal (Sultan Bazar), Gandhi Hospital and Padmarao Nagar.
The GHMC regularly conducts anti-encroachment drives to clear footpaths across the city.
Previous anti-encroachment drive
On April 4, the GHMC removed 798 encroachments in a single day. 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.
These step was taken following the Telangana High Court’s instructions and were part of the broader GHMC initiative to clear footpaths and road margins.
