Hyderabad, March 27 -- Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area is facing "manpower" shortage to deal with illegal constructions and encroachments.

While HYDRA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection) agency headed by senior IPS officer A V Ranganath and backed by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is giving shock treatment to encroachers of lakes, water bodies in Full Tank Level (FTL), buffer zones with spate of demolitions of villas buildings, sheds etc in and around Hyderabad, along Musi River but similar drastic action is missing in the GHMC area.

GHMC officials insists on complaints from public against illegal constructions, encroachments saying all sanctions are online, but when residents lodge com...