NHRC asks for a report; mining row gets paperwork
The Commission reportedly directed the Union Mines Ministry to examine allegations over quarrying and crushing at Manasa Hills. The alleged illegal mining remains an allegation, not an NHRC finding.
The dispute has produced allegations, denials and an eight-week report deadline.
The National Human Rights Commission has reportedly directed the Union Ministry of Mines to examine allegations of quarrying and stone-crushing at Manasa Hills in Rajendranagar, Rangareddy, and submit an action-taken report within eight weeks. The action followed a March 2026 complaint by human-rights lawyer Ramarao Immaneni.
The NHRC order itself was not available for independent review. So this is a reported direction to examine allegations, not a finding that illegal mining occurred. The complaint alleged that Raghava Constructions, described in reports as linked to Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy’s family, operated without required clearances. BRS leader T. Harish Rao made similar allegations and demanded action.
Raghava Constructions has denied the claims. Its representatives said the crushed material was rock excavated earlier during HMDA’s Budwel layout works, not freshly quarried stone, and that no new blasting took place. A later company statement said it had neither established nor operated a crusher at Kothwalguda.
The Telangana government departments and the Union Mines Ministry have not publicly responded in the material reviewed. For now, the Manasa Hills dispute has produced allegations, denials and an eight-week report deadline. The paperwork has arrived; the facts are still waiting for clearance.