Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is all set to announce the Building Regularisation Scheme (BRS) and the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) in GHMC limits before the corporation polls that are expected to be held in December this year.
This is being done after a gap of seven years, when the then YSR government came out with BRS and LRS simultaneously in 2008. Officials have identified 60,000 illegal buildings in GHMC limits so far, as against an estimated 90,000, which would be covered under the BRS. Officials have forwarded the modalities to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for approval.
Mr Rao, who is coming up with “big plans” for Hyderabad on a daily basis with an eye on the civic body polls, wants to ensure that both these schemes reap rich dividends for the TRS in the elections.
Official sources say the schemes are likely to be announced by September. Each illegal building has been estimated to fetch Rs 1.60 lakh towards regularisation fees resulting in revenue of nearly Rs 1,500 crore to the state exchequer. Besides, another Rs 500 crore is expected to be earned through the LRS.
It may be recalled that the committee constituted by the Telangana state government, comprising elected representatives of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, had recommended the reintroduction of both, the LRS and the BPS, schemes, and had submitted the same to the Chief Minister for his approval on June 9.
