Ameenpur residents demands Bollaram inclusion in HILTP policy
HYDERABAD: The Ameenpur Peoples Association (APA) has urged the state government to explicitly include the Bollaram Industrial Area in the Hyderabad Industrial Lands Transformation Policy (HILTP), warning of a joint agitation if their demands are not met.
APA President Akula Thirumal Reddy gave a representation to Sanjay Kumar, Special Chief Secretary of the Industries and Commerce Department, pointing out the serious health and environmental dangers faced by people living in the North-West IT corridor because of the group of factories there.
In the representation dated February 19, the association expressed grave concern over the omission of Bollaram from the specific implementation lists of recent government orders, particularly GO Ms. No. 27, which allows for the conversion of industrial lands.
The APA has requested an amendment to GO Ms. No. 27 to explicitly bring the Bollaram Industrial Area under its purview. The association argued that the area is home to numerous heavily polluting Red Category industries that are incompatible with the massive residential growth in adjacent areas like Bachupally, Miyapur, and Nizampet.
“While we appreciate the Government’s proactive stance in allowing the conversion of industrial lands to de-pollute the city, the residents of the North-West IT corridor, primarily software employees and their families, are distressed to find that Bollaram has not been prioritized for immediate shifting,” the representation stated.
The association stressed the ongoing health dangers, saying that without a clear order to move the factories in Bollaram, thousands of IT workers and their families will keep being exposed to dangerous chemicals in the air and water pollution.
In his representation, Thirumal Reddy added that Bollaram to the HILTP is urgent to solve land problems for factory owners and to address the worries of local people.
He warned that if the government fails to make a positive decision on the matter, the association would form a Joint Action Committee (JAC) with people from other affected areas and launch democratic protest programs.
“We hope the government will take immediate action keeping in mind the development of industries and the interests of the people,” Reddy said.
