Hyderabad, May 3 -- Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner AV Ranganath reiterated that Bathukamma Kunta in Amberpet has historically been a minor irrigation tank which got encroached in the course of time.

On Saturday, May 2, Ranganath explained with historic records, maps, and satellite pictures, to claim that Bathukamma Kunta has always been, and is a lake.

Bathukamma kunta 1962-63Download

His revelation came on a day when Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) founder Kalvakuntla Kavitha held a 'meet the press' programme at Basheerbagh Press Club, where she questioned what HYDRAA was going to do, after the Telangana High Court's orders, directing the agency to remove all claims of ownership of Bathukam...