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Memo filed before the NGT on the encroachment of Patla Cheruvu lake, Patelguda village, Sanga Reddy district, Telangana, 13/10/2022

  • 13/10/2022

Memo filed by the Human Rights & Consumer Protection Cell Trust & Others Vs The State of Telangana & Others dated October 13, 2022.

The matter is related to encroachment of Patla Cheruva lake, Patelguda village, Sanga Reddy district, Telangana.

The applicant submitted photographs that showed artificial bund created in the full tank level (FTL) of the lake due to which rain water from catchment area and natural flood water nalas into the lake are completely closed thereby drying it completely. The photographs showed the original bund upon which a cement concrete road is laid and the illegal buildings being constructed. The Patla Cheruvu lake has dried up due to artificial bund and encroachments of flood water nalas, the applicant has said.