HYDERABAD: The Telangana govt is mulling over giving house sites to families who will lose their properties in Musi rejuvenation project. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy will take a decision on giving house plots to the displaced families around Outer Ring Road (ORR) apart from 2-BHK houses.
“There are about 12,000 to 13,000 families including patta land owners, squatters and tenants. If a pattadar’s land is taken for the project, they will be given compensation along with plot. Others who have encroached on the riverbed will be given 2-BHK and also a plot. The state govt will take a decision soon,” revenue and housing minister P Srinivas Reddy, who is on study tour in Seoul, told TOI.
He said the govt may need about 500 acres for the plan. “Many people have spoken about Musi rejuvenation since the 1980s, but they failed to take it forward. Now, the Congress is committed to completing it,” he said.
The minister said the govt plans to convince people and does not want to take land forcibly like the previous BRS govt. He said the CM is ready to spend any amount for a better rehabilitation packages for the poor.
He pointed out how the Congress govt had acquired land for railways in Khammam district when Jalagam Vengal Rao was the CM by convincing and offering a better package to land losers. At that time there was a competition among people to give their land for the railway line as the package was very attractive, he said.
He hoped now also people would realise this, adding that the opposition parties’ attempts to politicise the issue would fail ultimately.
