Hyderabad, May 17 -- Seventeen days after asking residents of temporary sheds within the Full Tank Level (FTL) area of Muskin Cheruvu in Narsingi to vacate, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) officials issued a fresh warning, saying the structures could be demolished at any time.

Officials from HYDRAA, Revenue and Irrigation departments visited the site on Saturday evening, May 17, timing the visit to catch residents who had returned from work, and told those still occupying the sheds to leave immediately. "We may come within a day or two and remove them at any time," they said.

Only 10 per cent of residents had vacated since the original April 29 deadline, officials said, despite a 10-day window that was s...