Hyderabad: The HMDA is facing a big challenge in notifying lakes in its limits as a few of the seven districts that it covers have still not filed full details.
The urban body has a lake protection committee (LPC) whose functions include listing of lakes in the HMDA jurisdiction and demarcation and protection of land in the full tank level. Medak and Siddipet are lagging behind in submitting details.
The Ranga Reddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri district administrations have completed the survey and sent details of 610 and 436 lakes respectively.
In all, 3,132 lakes have been identified in HMDA limits. The irrigation and revenue departments are yet to survey over 600 lakes and fix boundaries.
HMDA chief T. Chiranjeevulu in a review meeting recently told officials from Medak and Siddipet districts to expedite the process.
The HMDA chief asked irrigation and revenue officials to submit the details by the year end. After its data is complete, the HMDA will give a preliminary notification of lake areas in each district to invite objections and views from locals.
The final notification will be issued after taking these into consideration, after which the HMDA can ensure protection of lakes and even bar registration of lake land.
