Hyderabad’s DLF food street razed down amid encroachment drive

Hyderabad: In a major anti-encroachment drive on Friday, July 10, the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation cleared obstructions from 22.28 km of footpaths, including 48 encroachments from the DLF area in Gachibowli that was popular for housing several small food stalls, significantly affecting the people working in the IT sector who frequented the area for meals.

Videos on social media and vendors of nearby eateries claimed that several shops from the famous DLF food street have been razed down as part of the drive.

DLF Road comes under the Serilingampally Circle of the Serilingampally Zone. A total of 193 encroachments were removed from 9.86 km under this zone.

This includes 32 encroachments from Pipeline Road under Narsingi Circle, 46 encroachments from Radial Road-7, Tellapur under Patancheru Circle, 38 encroachments from Beeramguda Main Road under the Ameenpur Circle and 29 encroachments from JP Nagar Road under Miyapur Circle.