FILE G · GLOSSARY · Everyday officialese

HYDRAA

MEANING

The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency — the lake-and-land protection force of the core urban region.

Created by G.O.Ms.No.99 (MA&UD) of 19-07-2024 and headed by a senior IPS officer, with jurisdiction over GHMC and the ORR belt; an October 2024 ordinance wrote it into the GHMC Act. Its demolition drives against FTL and buffer encroachments made it famous, and the High Court's due-process censures made it a case study: action still needs the underlying FTL notification and notices. Outside the ORR, lakes remain with the district machinery — Irrigation as custodian, revenue for encroachment removal.