Hyderabad: After a two-week downtime, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency on Sunday shifted into high gear and demolished several structures and buildings in Kukatpally and Ameenpur areas, reclaiming acres of government land. HYDRAA officials demolished commercial establishments which were within the full tank level and buffer zone of Nalla Cheruvu, also known as Kukatpally lake. Along …
CHIKKAMAGALURU: In the wake of the loss of lives and property in landslides at Shiruru in Uttara Kannada and Wayanad in neighbouring Kerala, the Karnataka forest department has ordered the removal of homestays and resorts that have come up on encroached forest land in 10 districts falling under the Western Ghat range. Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre had recently directed the …
The Pune Municipal Corporation is observing Pedestrians’ Day on a large scale in the city, but hawkers, vehicles, and illegal structures continue to encroach footpaths on crowded city roads. Vedashree Gavaskar, student, who often travels to Fergusson College road, said, “I was very thrilled to see the wide footpaths, but soon hawkers started claiming their spots, and then it becomes …
Belur has been on the tentative list of World Heritage sites for many years now, and the Union Government nominated it for the tag, among other centres of Hoysala architecture, earlier this week. While the Hoysala-period architecture attracts people from across the globe, residents of Belur town are worried about some portions of the famed temple complex being encroached upon …
