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Telangana Revenue and Housing Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has asserted that the Congress Government is steadfast connected providing houses to arsenic galore mediocre arsenic imaginable earlier the completion of its 5 twelvemonth tenure and plans successful this absorption person already translated into action.
He ridiculed the claims made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and enactment moving president K.T. Rama Rao that the second volition discontinue authorities if the Congress tin beryllium it has constructed houses for the poor. The Minister, accepting the challenge, said helium volition not contention the adjacent predetermination if the authorities does not conception much liveable houses than the erstwhile BRS authorities earlier the extremity of its tenure.
“I volition not contention the adjacent predetermination if the authorities does not fulfil its assurance of providing houses to eligible poor. Is Mr. Drama Rao (Mr. K.T. Rama Rao) acceptable to judge the challenge?” helium asked astatine a property league held successful Hyderabad connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026).
Another Minister, Ponnam Prabhakar, alleged that the BRS Government failed to instrumentality up lodging task successful implicit 10,000 of the much than 12,000 gram panchayats crossed the State whereas the Congress Government had taken up operation of houses successful each villages nether the Indiramma Indlu, weaker conception lodging programme. “I americium acceptable for thing if KTR tin beryllium otherwise,” helium said.
Mr. Prabhakar alleged that the lodging strategy was taken up successful prime constituencies during the BRS regularisation benefitting immoderate leaders of the coterie surrounding the enactment president and erstwhile Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Mr. Srinivas Reddy charged the erstwhile Government for neglecting the interests of the mediocre and “dismantling” the Housing Board. The Congress Government had initiated the Indiramma Indlu programme taking up operation of 4.5 lakh houses with a whopping ₹22,500 crore crossed the State, including successful the distant habitations.
Indiramma Houses Phase II
Over 1 lakh houses had been completed and beneficiaries were performing location warming. Another 1 lakh houses would beryllium completed earlier June end. This was not each arsenic the authorities had decided to rotation retired the 2nd signifier of Indiramma Indlu targeting operation of 2,000 houses for mediocre successful each of the 119 constituencies. “The authorities is not looking astatine who is representing the constituency, dissimilar the BRS. Number of mediocre successful the constituency is the lone criterion for the operation of houses,” helium averred.
16,000 of 46,000 2BHKs near successful antithetic stages of construction
Launching a scathing onslaught connected the BRS leaders, helium said the erstwhile authorities had constructed 46,000 2 chamber houses successful its 10-year tenure and 16,000 others were near successful antithetic stages of construction. Of the completed houses, 21,000 remained unoccupied arsenic the residents were not fixed basal amenities similar drinking water, sewerage and others portion a bulk of these houses were constructed successful areas acold from the places wherever the allottees work. “A large chunk of houses were near unoccupied and our authorities had reallotted them subsequently aft creating indispensable amenities,” helium said.
39 locations wrong ORR identified
Keeping successful presumption the lapses that occurred during the BRS regime, the Congress authorities had resolved to conception houses successful the areas wherever the eligible mediocre lived. Accordingly, 39 locations were identified wrong outer ringing roadworthy (ORR) limits with onshore ranging from 1,000 quadrate yards to 20 acres. The Minister said that determination were lands which were worthy astir ₹75 crore to ₹100 crore an acre, but the authorities accorded precedence to lodging for mediocre alternatively than looking into the economical aspects. “We person decided to widen the ₹5 lakh assistance to eligible municipality mediocre for taking up operation of houses connected the lines of Indiramma Indlu,” helium said.
The authorities was drafting argumentation for municipality mediocre which was successful last stages of preparation. The argumentation would beryllium announced soon and the instauration chromatic for municipality lodging strategy would beryllium laid by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. The constructed houses would beryllium registered successful the sanction of women and the authorities had resolved to registry these houses escaped of cost.
