Hyderabad, March 3 -- Former minister and BRS deputy floor leader T Harish Rao on Monday, March 2, accused the Congress government in Telangana of turning a blind eye to alleged illegal mining and irregular land allotments, claiming that hills were being excavated without mandatory permissions in Rajendranagar.

Addressing the media, Rao alleged that Raghava Constructions, a firm he said is linked to minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, has been carrying out quarrying activities in the Manasa Hills area of Rajendranagar mandal near the Outer Ring Road without statutory clearances.

He claimed that heavy machinery was being used around the clock to excavate and transport stone and concrete material, resulting in large-scale removal of hill ...