Hyderabad: A comprehensive survey of govt land is being undertaken by the Hyderabad district administration with the aim to protect it as well to use the details to fix responsibility on revenue officials.The exercise involves revenue authorities taking photographs of about 1,138 land parcels, covering 400 acres of govt open land, and uploading them along with the geo-coordinates on a dedicated govt website.“Earlier, if there was any encroachment, there was a chance that tehsildars or other revenue staff would say the encroachment happened earlier. Now, they cannot escape their responsibility. If they fail to protect the land, they will be held responsible and liable for any action,” a senior district official said.The district administration has roped in the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to prepare a special software to put the land details, along with geo-coordinates and maps, on the website.. “We will be completing the survey of govt land parcels in Hyderabad district soon. This will enable us to understand the status of land and protect them in future,” Hyderabad collector Anudeep Durishetty told TOI.Official sources said the revenue teams, including tehsildars, surveyors, and revenue inspectors have been asked to visit each land parcel in their jurisdiction and check/fix the boundaries. They will have to visit these land parcels subsequently to ensure they are not encroachedA large area (260 land parcels) worth thousands of crores is in Shaikpet mandal which includes upmarket areas such as Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and Nanakramguda. There have been multiples instances in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills where attempts were made to grab govt land, including parks, but these were stopped by the district administration and GHMC. Apart from Shaikpet, there are 130 land parcesl in Golconda, 127 in Asifnagar and 113 in Khairtabad. The lowest number of land parcels is in Ameerpet (22).Officials said this exercise would allow the govt to know the exact status of land. There is a huge demand for govt land, and many departments have been asking the administration to allot it for construction of offices or for other public purposes such as sub-stations or parks.
