Hyderabad, July 8 -- Environmental activist Dr Lubna Sarwath has cautioned that any claim to renotify the Surram Cheruvu in Bandlaguda with reduced Full Tank Level (FTL) area by the authorities concerned will be against the Lokayukta's orders, illegal, ultravires and bad in law, liable for action.

Her statement came in response to advocate Vijay Gopal, who also commented against any attempt to alter the FTL boundaries of Surram Cheruvu, in a case he filed in Telangana High Court against Fathima Owaisi College for allegedly encroaching upon the lake along with other illegal structures.

The first case was filed in Lokayukta to protect Surram Cheruvu by Lubna Sarwath in 2016. At the time, she had alleged that there were 34 unauthorised con...