T keen to resume unused land from central PSUs
Hyderabad: Telangana govt is planning to resume unused and underutilised land, valued at thousands of crores, that had been allotted to central public sector undertakings (PSUs), some of which are now defunct.
Revenue authorities in Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri have been instructed to provide details on land allocation, including utilised and unutilised parcels.
Over the past few decades, the state govt allocated 12,253 acres to 11 central PSUs, with about 3,600 acres currently being used. Initially identified for auction as part of resource mobilisation, the govt is now considering resuming the land, official sources said.
“The govt is in the process of writing to the organisations to return the land, especially those which are not being used. It plans to use the land in prime locations, such as Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IDPL) land, for various purposes like offices,” a senior official said.
Sources revealed that of the 11 PSUs that were allotted land, three are defunct. IDPL at Balanagar which has been shut for almost 40 years now, was allotted 891 acres, of which 543 acres are unused. Similarly, of the 2,290 acres allotted to the now defunct Cement Corporation of India (CCI), 773 acres are unused. Even Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) was allotted 123 acres of which 50 acres remain unused.
The PSUs that are still in operation also have unused land. BHEL, for instance, was given 2,350 acres at its inception, but officials report that 225 acres remain vacant. ECIL at Kushaiguda has a total of 1,200 acres, of which 270 acres are still vacant and not being used by the PSUs.
“Some defence organisations like MIDHANI, BDL, DRDO, DRDL at Kanchanbagh and Chandrayangutta and the Ordnance Factory in Medak have large tracts of vacant land. However, many of them are not returning it to the state govt and even refused to part with it for road widening in some places,” said a senior govt functionary. He added the Centre has to agree to return the land to the state govt, which is not an easy task.
Sources in the govt said the previous BRS govt had allotted around 70,000 acres to various industries and many of them did not set up functioning units. The state would like to take back the land and allot it to various other industries.
Revenue authorities in Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri have been instructed to provide details on land allocation, including utilised and unutilised parcels.
Over the past few decades, the state govt allocated 12,253 acres to 11 central PSUs, with about 3,600 acres currently being used. Initially identified for auction as part of resource mobilisation, the govt is now considering resuming the land, official sources said.
“The govt is in the process of writing to the organisations to return the land, especially those which are not being used. It plans to use the land in prime locations, such as Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IDPL) land, for various purposes like offices,” a senior official said.
Sources revealed that of the 11 PSUs that were allotted land, three are defunct. IDPL at Balanagar which has been shut for almost 40 years now, was allotted 891 acres, of which 543 acres are unused. Similarly, of the 2,290 acres allotted to the now defunct Cement Corporation of India (CCI), 773 acres are unused. Even Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) was allotted 123 acres of which 50 acres remain unused.
The PSUs that are still in operation also have unused land. BHEL, for instance, was given 2,350 acres at its inception, but officials report that 225 acres remain vacant. ECIL at Kushaiguda has a total of 1,200 acres, of which 270 acres are still vacant and not being used by the PSUs.
“Some defence organisations like MIDHANI, BDL, DRDO, DRDL at Kanchanbagh and Chandrayangutta and the Ordnance Factory in Medak have large tracts of vacant land. However, many of them are not returning it to the state govt and even refused to part with it for road widening in some places,” said a senior govt functionary. He added the Centre has to agree to return the land to the state govt, which is not an easy task.
Sources in the govt said the previous BRS govt had allotted around 70,000 acres to various industries and many of them did not set up functioning units. The state would like to take back the land and allot it to various other industries.
