Telangana government recovers land worth Rs 1,000 crore

Hyderabad: The scheme to regularise encroached government land has brought to light several instances of illegal occupation of state land. Officials at Secunderabad have recovered land worth Rs 1,000 crore. Shaikpet tahsildar C. Chandrakala said about 15 acres in several parcels, measuring between 200 and 1,000 square yards had been recovered.

“We have recovered government land in Jaihind Colony, Gulshan Colony, Al-Amara Colony, Aziz Bagh, Vinobhanagar, MLAs Colony, Road No. 12, Krishnanagar, Filmnagar, Prashasan Nagar and Venkatagiri,” she said. Notices have been issu-ed to applicants — about 8,000 — who sought to regulare encroached land. Secunderabad RDO U. Raghuram Sharma said Rs 500 crore worth land had been seized in Marred-pally and Trimulgherry. and 119 acres in the SCB.