Musi buffer, shifting stories

Gandhi Sarovar is now firmly an official project at the Musi–Eesa confluence near Bapu Ghat, with the state inviting the Union defence minister for the foundation event and the President later clearing 83.814 acres of defence land at the Artillery Centre for it. That part — courtesy the BJP-led Centre — is moving on rails, paperwork and all.

On the ground in Rajendranagar, the state issued preliminary acquisition notifications covering Kismatpur, Bandlaguda Jagir and Upparpally, with residents told they had 60 days to object, and structures inside a 50‑metre river buffer flagged. Madhu Park Ridge residents say their complex was built with permissions and that over 2,000 people could be displaced if the buffer sweep is treated as a bulldozer.

Officials and the chief minister cannot agree on how much of the apartment even sits in the buffer. Rangareddy revenue officials were cited saying about 2.5 acres of a 6.5‑acre site are in the zone; Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy later claimed more than 50% of the apartment’s area falls inside it, blamed the 2004 permissions, and pitched a swap: seven acres and funds to rebuild if residents form a society. The measurement basis for either figure has not been published.

Fresh political claims now allege residents are being split into small groups and told contradictory things to secure consent — including that a majority has already agreed and that fixed compensation terms exist. Those are allegations from one report; the government has not bothered to answer them with notices, minutes or an award order. The Congress government in Telangana wanted a photo‑op; it owes the map, the law it is using, and one number it can hold still for longer than a press conference.