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Heritage rock buffer was considered before layout nod: TGIIC
The Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) said on Thursday that heritage rock guidelines and the Durgam Cheruvu buffer zone were considered before layout approval. The statement responded to a report that TGIIC…
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The Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) said on Thursday that heritage rock guidelines and the Durgam Cheruvu buffer zone were considered before layout approval. The statement responded to a report that TGIIC had listed heritage hillocks for auction. TGIIC said the layout was first put for auction in 2007-08, and approved in 2017 based on Heritage Rock Preservation committee guidelines. It added that subsequent proposals to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) also accounted for rock protection measures and the lake's eco-system safeguards.
The clarification did not release the approval documents or the exact boundary maps of the heritage precinct. The dispute centres on whether the auctioned survey numbers fall within HMDA-protected heritage rock zones and the lake's catchment area.
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The usual pattern was set: a news report, an official denial, then a statement that confirms the report's central facts. TGIIC says the 2017 layout approval came after the Heritage Rock committee's guidelines were applied. But the documents should be made public, boundary maps, buffer distances, the exact minutes of the committee's review. Without that, the claim that conservation areas were 'duly considered' remains an assertion against a visible contradiction: heritage hillocks listed for auction near a protected lake. A single map release would settle whether the rules were followed or merely cited after a controversy broke.
Source: thehindu.com
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