Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- Despite the survey, demarcation of the full-tank level (FTL), demolition of hundreds of houses under the river bed of the Musi river, and eviction of thousands as a result, the irrigation and command area development (CAD) department under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) does not have the satellite maps of the 55 km Musi river development project.

This has been revealed in reply to an RTI request filed by Hyderabad activist Kareem Ansari with the Hussain Sagar Lake Division which is located in Buddha Bhavan, which also houses the Hyderabad Disaster Response Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA).

Ansari had written to the deputy executive engineer and the executive engineer's offices on...