If HYDRAA Had Been Allowed To Do Its Job — Hyderabad Wouldn’t Be Drowning Today!!

If HYDRAA Had Been Allowed To Do Its Job — Hyderabad Wouldn’t Be Drowning Today

Hyderabad is not just drowning in floodwater; it is drowning in hypocrisy. Malakpet’s lanes are rivers, families are clinging to rooftops, and businesses are wiped out. This was not an act of God alone — it was an act of politics. If HYDRAA had been allowed to act freely, if the nalas had been cleared and the Musi’s floodplain restored, we would not be staring at this man-made disaster. Instead, the bulldozers were stopped, enforcement was weakened, and warnings were brushed aside.

And where are the TRS leaders now, the very same voices who once shouted from the rooftops in Malakpet claiming to fight for the people? When HYDRAA attempted to demolish encroachments and free the nalas, they screamed “bulldozer politics” and painted enforcement as vendetta. They posed as saviours while ensuring that illegal structures remained untouched. Today, as Malakpet drowns, their silence is as deafening as their past theatrics were loud. Who will answer for this betrayal? Who will stand before the families now standing in waist-deep water and explain why their safety was sacrificed for political mileage?

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy too must be questioned. He knew the risk, he anticipated the danger, and yet he has not exposed the truth of how enforcement was blocked. Why is he not standing up and naming the leaders and lobbies who strangled HYDRAA’s mission? Why is he not telling Hyderabad who stalled demolitions, who built on nalas, and who profited from the choking of the Musi? His silence raises its own questions. Accountability is not just about relief camps and sympathy visits — it is about shining light on the rot that caused the flood in the first place.

This is not just water damage; it is a collapse of governance. TRS leaders who once made Malakpet their stage are nowhere to be found. The real estate lobbies that fought to protect their illegal profits are hidden behind political curtains. And a Chief Minister who promised new beginnings is speaking too softly when the city demands the loud truth. The people of Hyderabad deserve names, dates, and consequences. Anything less is complicity.

The floods will recede, but the scars will remain. Unless HYDRAA is given absolute authority and political protection, this cycle will repeat — and each year the price will grow higher. Hyderabad does not need crocodile tears; it needs courage. If Revanth Reddy wants to be remembered as the leader who broke the nexus and saved the city, he must expose the saboteurs, confront the lobbies, and unleash HYDRAA without fear or favour. If he does not, then history will mark both those who built on the nalas and those who stayed silent while the city drowned.