The Congress government’s anti-encroachment campaign in Hyderabad resulted in a conflict involving Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender. He indirectly threatened Hyderabad’s DRAMP commissioner AV Ranganath with a transfer after police accused him of provoking locals to remove government land fencing. Ranganath emphasized legal actions against encroachers while focusing on reviving city’s lakes from encroachments, mainly by politicians and land mafias.