Lake shrinking put off
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08/09/2008
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Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Hyderabad, Sept 8: The state government on Monday kept in abeyance the orders reducing buffer zone near lakes across the state. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy was believed to have directed the Municipal Administration and Urban Development department not to implement GOs issued by former MAUD principal secretary Mr S.P. Singh till further orders. He also asked new principal secretary Mr C.V.S.K. Sarma to circulate the file concerned to him.
The Municipal Administration Urban Development had changed the rules allowing the mandatory set backs and green belt within the 30 metre buffer zone on September 2. This newspaper, on September 4, carried a report highlighting the adverse impact of the decision to reduce the buffer zone.
The official sources told this correspondent that Chief Minister