Bhu Bharati portal to be made operational in 28 more mandals in May first week: Telangana Revenue Minister
The Hindu
Telangana's Bhu Bharati portal to be expanded to 28 mandals in May first week. LRS last date not to be extended.
Bhu Bharati portal, which was launched in four mandals [in a district each] on pilot project bases, would be made operational in a mandal each in the remaining districts (28), barring Hyderabad, in the first week of May. This would be preceded by workshops on the portal by tahasildars from the four mandals (pilot project) with their counterparts and other officials from the 28 mandals, said Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy.
He held a video conference on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) with collectors on Bhu Bharati Act, Indiramma Houses and Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS).
After the portal was made operational in the four mandals, a total of 5,905 applications were received: 3,786 from Venkatapuram of Mulugu; 1,076 from Nelakondapalli of Khammam; 810 Lingampet of Kamareddy and 233 from Maddur of Narayanpet.
The Revenue Minister said that the government does not have plans to extend the last date for payments of fees for Layout Regularisation Scheme beyond April 30. He urged people to utilise the provision to make the payments with 25% rebate.
The Minister said that he along with Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu would have a meeting with industry representatives to provide steel and cement at lower cost to beneficiaries of Indiramma Housing Scheme. Directions were issued to the collectors to complete selection of the beneficiaries by May first week and expedite construction of the houses in view of the monsoon.
A gazetted officer should be appointed for every 200 applications. The officer would be held responsible if ineligible candidates were selected. He remarked that the beneficiary selection is not progressing at expected pace in 11 districts including Adilabad, Jogulamba Gadwal, Jagtial, Wanaparthy and Nizamabad.
Financial assistance of ₹5 lakh is provided to each beneficiary towards construction of house in land spanning 400 square feet to 600 square feet. It is provided in four installments depending on the phase of the construction. The Minister said that the installments should be deposited Mondays depending on the phase.
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