The Telangana government has ordered a security overhaul of the Bhu Bharati portal and formed a Special Committee to investigate alleged irregularities in land records. The BRS has criticised the Congress government, alleging large-scale application rejections and misuse of the portal.
The Telangana government will launch the Bhu Bharati portal in five mandals from April 2 on a pilot basis, integrating land, survey and registration services into a single platform to improve transparency, efficiency and ease of access for farmers.
BRS leaders in Khammam have demanded a white paper on Velugumatla Bhoodan lands, alleging irregularities in land records and illegal conversions. They accused officials and politicians of collusion and sought clarity on whether recovered land would be returned to the poor
Former Minister T Harish Rao has accused Congress leaders and senior officials of large-scale irregularities in the Bhu Bharati portal, alleging that middlemen pocketed 90 percent of land registration fees. He demanded that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the scam, which he claimed spans 37 mandals and nearly one crore acres.
