Why Actor Nagarjuna’s N-Conference Centre Is Being Demolished

Nagarjuna claimed that no discover was issued to him previous to the demolition this morning.

New Delhi:

Well-liked actor Nagarjuna’s N-Conference centre is being demolished by the Hyderabad Catastrophe Response and Belongings Monitoring and Safety (HYDRA), owing to allegations of encroaching the Full Tank Degree (FTL) space and buffer zone of the Thammidikunta Lake.

The FTL refers back to the unfold of any water physique upon which building is restricted. A buffer zone additionally stays established with the FTL space to forestall encroachments upon water our bodies.

Earlier this yr, the zonal commissioners of the Larger Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC) have been tasked with forming lake safety committees to forestall encroachments upon water our bodies in and across the metropolis. Just lately, the Nationwide Distant Sensing Centre (NRSC) has additionally revealed that the extent of lakes in Hyderabad was diminished by 61 per cent between 1979 and 2024.

Nagarjuna’s Conference Centre allegedly stood on 1.12 acre of the FTL space and a further 2 acre throughout the buffer zone. Based on official sources, the FTL space of Thammidikunta Lake is roughly 29.24 acre.

The property was beneath scrutiny for a number of years. Nonetheless, the GHMC had not taken any motion in opposition to it. The administration of the conference centre allegedly used affect to bypass regulatory actions from involved authorities.

An official grievance in opposition to the conference centre was filed to HYDRA on Wednesday by Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Telangana’s Minister of Roads and Buildings. He additionally enclosed along with his grievance the FTL map declaring the encroachment together with a Google Earth map.

The actor took to social media platform X (previously Twitter) following the demolition drive. “The land is a Patta land, and never even an inch of tank plan is encroached. As a law-abiding citizen, if the Court docket earlier than which the matter is pending, had determined in opposition to me, I’d have carried out the demolition myself.” he wrote.

Pained by the illegal method of demolition carried out in respect of N Conference, opposite to present keep orders and Court docket instances.
I believed it match to situation this assertion to position on file sure details for safeguarding my repute and to point that now we have not achieved any…

— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) August 24, 2024

He additionally claimed that no discover was issued to him previous to the demolition this morning.

The Congress authorities just lately constituted HYDRA for Telangana Core City Area (TCUR) for catastrophe administration, asset safety and different capabilities. They’re answerable for managing and defending authorities belongings akin to parks, format open areas, playgrounds, and lakes.

HYDRA is headed by IPS officer AV Ranganath and it has been demolishing unlawful buildings within the state to reclaim encroached land of water our bodies. Earlier this month, they demolished unauthorised constructions within the heritage lake Bum-Rukn-Ud-Dowla in Shastripuram, and close to the Gandipet reservoir in Rangareddy district.