Khairtabad MLA Danam Nagender blocks demolition of illegal structures at Chintal Basti

Hyderabad: At a time when the Hyderabad Police are determined to clear roadside encroachments and combat traffic chaos, Congress Khairtabad MLA Danam Nagender made headlines again on Wednesday when he refused to allow the GHMC and traffic police to clear the encroachments opposite Shadan College in Chintal Basti here.

The officials had to back down after the MLA obstructed the demolition drive.

‘How can demolitions be done without notice?’

As part of the Operation Rope initiative, the GHMC Town Planning officials identified illegal structures in Chintal Basti. Amid tight police security, a team of officials reached Chintal Basti to carry out a demolition drive on the unauthorised structures.

A video of the MLA fuming against the GHMC officials and the traffic police went viral on social media.

Upon receiving information about the drive, Danam Nagender reached the spot and expressed his ire against the officials for carrying out the demolition without informing him. The enraged MLA even prevented the officials from carrying out the demolition.

“How can demolitions be done without prior notice? Law and order problems will be created if demolitions are not stopped. People from various places reside here. We should live here and let them live. If the demolitions are not stopped, I will sleep in front of the bulldozer and I don’t care if I lose my MLA position. If you come with me, I will show you 100 illegal buildings. Demolish them first,” Nagender told to the officials over the phone.

The MLA also asked the officials to stall the demolitions until chief minister A Revanth Reddy returns from abroad. He even threatened to stage a sit-in dharna and launch an indefinite hunger strike for not considering his words.

In the past, Danam Nagender had fumed over the HYDRAA officials for carrying out demolitions in his constituency.