Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday instructed the officials to transfer the responsibility of removing unauthorised hoardings, flex boards and collection of related penalties to Hydra (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection ), from the jurisdiction of GHMC.

In a meeting with Hydra officials, Chief Minister entrusted Hydra with the task of management of the area that falls in the limits of 2,000 sq km up to ORR (Outer Ring Road). He further said that to develop Hydra into a strong entity, special allocations should be considered to Hydra, if necessary. In this direction, he told the officials to formulate complete modalities and guidelines before the start of the Assembly session.

Revanth Reddy further directed the officials to conduct a study and bring in stringent rules to curb the encroachment of Nalas, ponds, and government lands. He told them to ensure that the police station limits, and the assembly constituency limits come under the same zone in the zonal division. The CM also instructed officials to make sure that there is regular and transparent coordination between HMDA, Water Works, Disaster Management and the Municipal departments.