Hyderabad, July 29 -- Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) carried out an anti-encroachment drive on Tuesday, July 29, at the Musi River bed and in Moosapet. Officials found that the encroached land was being rented out as parking spaces or used as storage spaces for businesses.

Musi riverbed used as parking space

HYDRAA cleared out encroached land in various areas from Chaderghat bridge to the Old City Osmania Hospital mortuary.

Three individuals, Tikaram Singh, Poonam Chand Yadav and Jayakrishna, had illegally occupied 9.62 acres of land among themselves. The land was dumped with soil and rented out as parking spaces for buses and lorries, as well as a fully operational nursery.

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