28.11.14

Of T's skyscrapers' plan....

With the Telangana government proposing to build skyscrapers around Hussainsagar, the Hyderabad district administration has identified 190 acres, including 90 acre litigation-free government land, around the lake. A special team led by the Secunderabad sub-divisional revenue officer, Khairatabad tehsildar and three surveyors conducted a survey and submitted a report to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. “We developed a Google map of Hussainsagar and compared it with the original sketch of the lake. We also collected data of land availability from the district administration and developed 27 maps of government land in the surrounding areas of the lake. In the survey , we identified nearly 190 acres near Hussainsagar and other tourist destinations,“ sources in the Hyderabad collectorate said. “In the survey , we found 8.22 acre government land (open) between Ambedkar Nagar and MMTS station of Sanjeevaiah Park, three acres at PV Ghat, 39 acres at Patigadda government quarters, eight acres at Jalavihar, two acres (allotted to Deccan Infrastructure Limited-DIL) at Jalavihar, 1.5 acres near Prasads, two acres at traffic police station, 14 acres at Hyderabad Boats Club, Lumbini Park, one acre each at Raghava Sadan, Nursing College (beside Raj Bhavan), three acres at Dilkusha Guesthouse and four at Greenlands Guesthouse,“ he said. The team met the CM and submitted the maps along with a report.

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