visakhapatnam large scale excavations are being carried out in the name of construction around rushikonda hill causing damage to the environment and biodiversity alleged gvmc jana sena party floor leader peethala murthy yadav the jana sena leader met vicepresident m venkaiah naidu in visakhapatnam on saturday and submitted a representation on the matter in the petition murthy alleged that thousands of tonnes of soil from construction work at rushikonda are being dumped into the sea against norms murthy requested the intervention of the union government to stop the alleged destruction in vizagmurthy alleged that several tribal areas in visakhapatnam district have been brought under the purview of the urban development authority for the real estate business it was illegal to bring lands covered under the fifth schedule into the purview of the urban development authority the officials are ignoring the petitions of tribals as well as tribal associations said murthy in the petition the jana sena leader also raised the issue of alleged illegal sand transportation from the geoheritage site of erra matti dibbalu peethala murthy yadav alleged that thousands of tonnes of soil from construction work at rushikonda are being dumped into the sea against norms