Overview
- A seven‑storey building under construction in Anjaiah Nagar, Gachibowli, collapsed on Saturday, August 22, 2026, killing two migrant workers and damaging nearby homes.
- The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation had served a show‑cause notice on June 17 over unauthorised work but officials say construction resumed the day before the collapse.
- CMC Commissioner G. Srijana suspended Town Planning Building Officer U. Santosh Kumar for failing to stop the project and the Town Planning Wing has asked police to register criminal charges against the owners.
- HYDRAA and municipal teams demolished the collapsed structure and at least one adjacent risky seven‑storey block using high‑reach machinery while evacuees from hostels and apartments face sudden displacement.
- The incident has pushed CMC and HYDRAA to launch daily monitored inspections and a special drive to identify and raze unauthorised high‑density buildings built on very small plots, highlighting wider regulatory gaps in rapidly growing IT suburbs.