Hyderabad: The negligence of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority officials led to emergence of more than 4,000 illegal ventures which has the potential to generate several thousands of crores in its jurisdiction.
The field level staff hand in glove with the realtors have been turning a blind eye to the ventures which were not certified by the HMDA. Besides this, HMDA staff and several local political leaders have been indulging in the multi crore mafia.
According to highly placed sources in HMDA, the government's decision to convert villages within the radius of the outer ring road into independent municipalities has given momentum to realtors for venturing illegal layouts. Erstwhile Ranga reddy district has topped the list with Rs 2,728 illegal ventures followed by Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri with 412 and Sangareddy with 427 illegal ventures which were not certified either by the HMDA or director of town and country planning (DTCP) which is under Municipal Administration and Urban Development department.
As per norms, 10 percent of the total land should be registered and given to respective Gram Panchayat in order to register the venture.
The Gram Panchayat will provide basic facilities like roads, electricity, and overhead water tanks in the 10 percent of the registered land.
For instance, the ventures in survey number 8 and 11 Choutuppal mandal has not sought any permission from HMDA or DTCP.
The land spread over 18 acres will cost around Rs 15 crore. Sources claimed that the local public representatives hand in glove with the realtors have registered 20 per cent of the land in the illegal venture towards their name. This was even identified by the planning officers during a three day survey conducted from February 16.
When queried about the same subject, HMDA commissioner T. Chiranjeevulu said that the authority will take stringent action against any person if found guilty. He said that the HMDA has been already maintaining the list of approved layouts and ventures in its official website. He appealed to the citizens to verify with HMDA prior to purchase of land in its jurisdiction.
