The Centre has granted permission to the Telangana government to take up the Gandhi Sarovar project at Bapu Ghat in Hyderabad. The Defence Ministry has allowed the use of 83.81 acres of defence land at Golconda for the project, valued at Rs 533 crore, under the Equal Value Infrastructure scheme.
The Telangana government is continuing to rely on Transferable Development Rights as compensation for land acquisition for the Musi rejuvenation project. Builders and landowners have raised concerns over poor demand, cartelisation risks and financial burdens associated with TDR usage
