Overview

• HYDRAA officials have dismantled all illegal borewells and demolished temporary sheds at the lake’s full tank level, seizing water tankers in the operation.
• Madhapur police arrested water tanker boss Venkatesh on Sunday and recovered lakhs of rupees in cash from his home.
• Survey of India toposheets and a 2016 HMDA notification confirm Sunnam Cheruvu spans 26 to 32 acres, contradicting plot owners’ claims of a smaller footprint.
• The decade-long moratorium on building within the lake’s full tank level remains in effect, with authorities directing plot owners to seek compensation or transferable development rights.
• Affected plot owners have staged protests and Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi has demanded that HYDRAA address other encroachments before dismantling livelihoods at Sunnam Cheruvu.