Hyderabad, May 5 -- Hyderabad Disaster Relief and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Tuesday, May 5, demolished six illegal mining units in the city.

The demolition drive was carried out at Raghava Stone Crusher in Kotwalguda, where the demolition drive is still underway. Apart from Kotwalguda, the agency carried out the drive at the Great India Mining Company in Gachibowli, Paramesh Singh Stone Crusher and Sri Lakshmi Constructions at Vatthinagulapally, Prithvi Stone Crusher and units linked to to Maktha Bhagat Singh.

The units were reportedly functioning without permission from the Telangana Pollution Control Board and mining clearances.

Videos shared on social media showed a JCB dismantling the make shift sheds.

The mining activi...