Hyderabad: Day after demolition outside Jagan’s house, GHMC zonal commissioner Hemant transferred

Hyderabad: A day after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) demolished certain structures on the pavement adjacent to the Lotus Pond residence of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, GHMC zonal commissioner Bhorkhade Hemant Sahaserao was transferred on Sunday.

The orders were issued by GHMC commissioner Amrapali Kata.

According to the YSRCP, the structures were purely temporary and made for the convenience of security personnel during rain and summer.

The 2018 batch IAS officer from Khairatabad Zone reportedly did not take the permission of higher officials to demolish the illegal structures. Following this, he was transferred immediately and was asked to report to the General Administration Department (GAD), Telangana.

A senior official of GHMC said the civic authorities removed the structures abutting the compound wall to carry out tiling work on the pavement at Jagan’s residence. The structures were being used by security personnel.

Six months ago, the GHMC’s town planning department informed the concerned persons at Jagan’s residence to remove the structures so as to carry out the footpath work. “We have been telling them to remove the structures to facilitate footpath work. The residents of the colony have also complained about the encroachment of the footpath which caused inconvenience to the road users,” the official said.