CM Says Rs 50,000 Cr Land Back With State, Recovered Lands To Fund Welfare Schemes
Hyderabad : Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday hailed Supreme Court verdict in the Miyapur land dispute as a landmark victory for Telangana, saying the govt had regained control of a prime public asset worth nearly Rs 50,000 crore and would use revenues from its monetisation to fund welfare, irrigation, housing and education programmes. Addressing a news conference in Delhi, Revanth said the 550-acre Miyapur land parcel, along with other govt lands recovered through legal battles, would be protected from encroachment and utilised to generate resources for the state’s development. The chief minister said the Congress govt had protected govt lands worth nearly Rs 1.5 lakh crore at seven locations since assuming office by pursuing legal action and strengthening enforcement efforts.
Expressing gratitude to the top court, the chief minister said officials had been directed to immediately secure the land. “These and other lands freed from the grasp of the encroachers through court orders would be monetised and the proceeds from it would be utilised for extending education of the poor, to complete irrigation projects for water to farmers, for Indiramma housing scheme and other pro-poor schemes for SCs, STs and the downtrodden,” he said. He said a cabinet sub-committee on resource mobilisation would examine the monetisation of recovered lands and identify projects that could be funded through the proceeds.
He added that the govt would discuss plans for its monetisation in the cabinet meeting. Revanth used the occasion to launch a sharp attack on the previous BRS govt, alleging that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, his relatives and associates, including Damodar Rao and ‘Goldstone’ Prasad, were linked to attempts to appropriate the valuable Miyapur land. The chief minister further alleged that luxury cars and cash changed hands as part of the transactions and accused the previous govt of manipulating land records to facilitate encroachments.