HYDERABAD: Telangana's comprehensive land resurvey, the first in about 125 years, has been completed in 416 villages and is under way in more than 1,000. The first phase covers 2,720 villages. Revenue, Housing and I&PR Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy reviewed progress with district collectors at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The minister told officials that even a small error in the resurvey must not lead to a land dispute in future. He asked them to base the survey on revenue records and to work with accuracy and transparency.
The directions
- Speed up allotment of a Bhudhaar number to each land holding in villages where the survey is complete
- Serve notices on landowners after the survey and give them time to file objections and suggestions
- Run village-level awareness for farmers on the survey method, boundary fixing and settling objections
In a post on X, the minister said the meeting covered problems faced in the field, farmers' responses, technical issues and the conditions of survey staff. He said the aim is a Telangana free of land disputes. The government has not announced a deadline for finishing the first phase.
