Telangana govt committed to providing plots for poor: KTR

Hyderabad: Telangana cabinet sub-committee on housing lands met under the chairmanship of minister for Municipal Administration, KT Rama Rao (KTR) at BRKR Bhavan on Monday. 

The allotment of house plots to all the eligible beneficiaries of the state, implementation of government Orders 58 and 59, notarial documents, endowment/waqf lands were discussed in the meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, KTR said, “The government is committed to provide houses or house plots to all the deserving poor in the state, which will benefit about one crore families.”

“In the year 2014, 1.25 lakh beneficiaries have received land documentation. Verification process has been completed for 20,685 houses under Government Order no. 58,” he said.

The sub-committee directed the officials to speed up the process of issuing houses and land plots. KTR directed the officials to take steps to issue plots to those below the poverty line.

Referring to the notarized documents, the cabinet sub-committee directed the officials to finalise a timely action plan for the processing of cases in urban areas.

The committee requested the authorities to adopt a “pro-poor” approach and complete all eligible cases.