Hyderabad News. After doling out land to private parties, Govt finds it hard to locate land for public purpose
Hyderabad News. TOI 23.02.10
(Excl Ventures News) With the number of requests from the Central and state government agencies for land going up,the Ranga Reddy district administration is in a dilemma.
While the land available in Ibrahimpatnam area (bhoodan land),close to the city is about 3,000 acres,the demand is for 4,400 acres.
For instance,there is a demand for 3,482 acres in Bagath village of Ibrahimpatnam alone from the National Security Guards (NSG),Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC),while just 1,958 acres is available.Agencies like Octopus and APIIC are also asking for another 1,000 acres in Khalsa village.
The RR district is yet to respond to the demand of agencies like APIIC andHMDA,sources said.
The RR district administration has already agreed to give 600 acres in survey No 58 of Bagath village to the NSG to set up its regional centre.
The NSG authorities even agreed to pay Rs 6 lakh per acre and have already deposited Rs 26 crore.
After the NSG,Octopus sought about 570 acres at Khalsa village for its commando training centre.To this,the district officials said the land will be transferred to them only on payment of Rs 6 lakh per acre on the lines of NSG.
Now Octopus officials have requested the home department to release the amount for getting the required land.
The CRPF too is seeking 50 acres close to NSG to raise its CRPF Mahila Battalion.
The district authorities have advised it to give a written request to the state government.
Meanwhile,the HMDA also joined the race to acquire land for its future projects like a truck terminal and integrated township in the prime area at Ibrahimpatnam,for which it sought about 1,000 acres at Bagath village.
It is also learnt that APIIC managing director B R Meena has written a letter asking the RR district administration to allot 1,832 acres land at Bagath village and 456 acres land in survey no 1 and 2 at Khalsa village for development of industrial area and promoting an industrial park.
When contacted,RR district joint collector M Jagan Mohan said: Except for land allotment to NSG and Octopus,no final decision has been taken on the the demands from APIIC and HMDA.
Comment :
The important lesson to be learned is about preserving Govt Land for public purposes. Govt land should not be sold to private parties, as has been done in Hyderabad (Incidentally hundreds of acres sold remain undeveloped with Companies like Unitech, DLF, BPTP etc) . If at all, it should only be leased out. We need to preserve land for future genrations. The City has to develop for thousands of years more! And if all Govt land is sold to companies for quick money, how do future generations manage expansion of public amenities?
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