Hyderabad, June 5 -- On World Environment Day, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) undertook a major initiative to preserve the city's 2.5 billion-year-old historic rock mounds by fencing the 200-acre area on the Puppalaguda-Khajaguda border in Gandipet mandal of Rangareddy district.

The land has an estimated value of Rs 30,000, HYDRAA said.

The Society to Save Rocks has been fighting to protect historic rock formations for decades and has even approached the Telangana High Court regarding it. In 2019, the High Court ordered the Municipal and Revenue departments to protect the rocks; however, a delay in identifying boundaries and fencing gave rise to encroachments.

The society approached HYDRAA over the iss...