After repeat violations, HMDA to change contentious road plan next to Khajaguda Hills

Hyderabad: After repeat violations of the Telangana High Court order, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has agreed to change the contentious 100 feet road plan next to the Khajaguda Hills.
Activists have been visiting the HMDA’s office repeatedly to press on the road plan and this announcement comes as an immense relief.
I have asked the HRDC team to realign road alongwith the Kutcha road @DonitaJose https://t.co/GEZ0uY5iVJ — Arvind Kumar (@arvindkumar_ias) March 4, 2022 Arvind Kumar said that he has asked the HRDC team to realign the road along with the Kutcha road thereby not cutting into the protected rocks. The decision took place after an inspection done at the site by a DSP level officer on Friday.
Telangana High Court’s order dating back to 4/06/2019 gave a verdict that the Khajaguda rocks should not be disturbed, damaged, or destroyed.
Also Read Hyderabad: Rocks being drilled at Khajaguda Hills despite HC order, say activists Activists said that the white dotted line is the current 20 feet road and the new 100 feet road being laid by HMDA is up onto the Hill, thereby, destroying the rocks.
The activists on Friday alleged that blast wires have been laid on the precious rocks and can be blasted by the HMDA at any moment. They raised an SOS call on Twitter regarding the danger and asked MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to stop the destruction.
~SOS~ Less than 48 hours after @arvindkumar_ias tweeted that action has been taken against the people who are destroying Khajaguda Rocks, we found the protected rocks with a network of wires, ready to be blasted. Please intervene, ASAP. Stop the destruction @KTRTRS @TelanganaCMO pic.twitter.com/dCRvjKWqyq — savekhajaguda (@savekhajaguda) March 4, 2022 Also Read Hyderabad: KTR takes note of Khajaguda protest, asks officials to act The activists kept questioning the need for a new road alignment being planned by the HMDA cutting through the rocks when there is a perfectly viable kutcha road already away from the protected rocks. “The government body (HMDA) is violating the state High Court order repeatedly and it is a matter of grave concern,” one of the activists had said.