Author Archives: Venkat Chunduru

Dharani portal yielding desired results: Telangana chief minister

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said that the Dharani portal, which was brought in to ensure that the farmers would not face any problems while selling, purchasing, registering and getting mutation of agriculture lands, is giving the desired results.

He expressed satisfaction that the farmers are able to do registrations, sale and purchase and mutations within minutes without bribing any one, using any influence or running around the offices. The CM said in the two months period, 1.6 lakh booked the slots and of them, 80,000 have already completed their registrations. Continue reading →

Government Provides Rs 30 Cr for Khammamam Infrastructure Developments

A GO has been issued by the State Government giving administrative sanctions for the release of Rs 30 crore to various developmental activities in Khammam city.

While his visit to Khammam on December 7, IT, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao had guaranteed that, the government would approve Rs 30 crore for the development of roads in the city response to a request made by Khammam MLA and Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. Continue reading →

Foundation stone to be laid for IT Park at Kompally

Municipal and IT Minister KT Rama Rao said that the state government would expand IT to Tier II cities. He said the foundation stone will be laid at the IT hub at Kompally in Medchal-Malkajgiri district soon apart from the inauguration of IT tower in Khammam on December 7. Continue reading →

25 lakh property owners apply for layout regularisation scheme (LRS)

Though there was overwhelming response to regularisation of plots in unauthorized layouts with over 25 lakh applications across the state, many plot owners in the surrounding municipalities and municipal corporations, where illegal layouts have mushroomed, did not come forward to regularise their properties under Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS). Continue reading →

No deadline for property data upload on Dharani: Telangana tells HC

The state on October 21 informed the High Court there was no deadline for citizens to upload their non-agricultural property particulars on Dharani portal.

Advocate general BS Prasad told a bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy that it is a continuous process and there was no urgency to rush. Continue reading →

Land prices ascend in Hyderabad’s IT corridor

The city’s IT corridor is now the most expensive in south India, beating Bengaluru and Chennai – the two other IT destinations – courtesy escalating land prices.

Land rates in the city’s Madhapur-Financial District-Gachibowli stretch has touched Rs 45 crore to Rs 50 crore per acre. This has resulted in zero land deals with all leading developers putting brakes on their investments. Continue reading →

Goldman Sachs to open office in Hyderabad, second in India

Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has identified the city as a new location for its global shared services footprint in India.

“The new Hyderabad office will be the second location for Goldman Sachs Services in India, and will complement the Bengaluru office footprint in terms of both execution and support that it will provide to the firm’s businesses globally,” a release from the state government quoted the firm as saying on Thursday. Continue reading →

Telangana prohibits registration of Waqf properties

In a major move for protection of Waqf properties, the Telangana government has prohibited their registration to leave no scope for unauthorised transfers.

Waqf properties have been included in the list which will be put under “auto lock” on the soon-to-be-launched Dharani Portal for online registration of properties across the state. Continue reading →