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Hans India
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Bhu Bharati operational in 28 mandals from today
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is implementing the full-fledged Bhu Bharati Act across the state from May 5, taking one mandal each in the 28 districts, excluding Hyderabad. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy instructed all the District Collectors to attend the revenue meetings at mandal level and resolve the doubts raised by the farmers and the locals, in a language that they can easily understand. The government has so far implemented the Bhu Bharati Act in four mandals in the state on a pilot basis. In a statement, the minister informed that as part of the project, the revenue meetings will be held in 28 mandals of 28 districts of the state starting from May 5 till 20. Similar meetings were held in four mandals of four districts from April 17 to 30. The main purpose of these revenue meetings is to create widespread awareness among the people about the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights In Land) Act, 2024 and to receive applications from the people on land issues and resolve them. The minister urged the Collectors to effectively implement the Bhu Bharati Act, which was brought in after thorough consultations and study to permanently solve the land problems of farmers in the state. Recalling inconsistencies in the earlier Dharani portal, the minister said owing to the mistakes made by the previous government, hundreds of families in every village in the state faced land-related problems. He alleged that the Dharani has disrupted people's lives, as many families have been torn apart. Contrary to the expectations of the people, land rights have been usurped in the state in the last ten years. In the previous government, there was no other way to resolve issues but to approach courts. In the present government, the authorities will go to the farmers and resolve their problems, he asserted.
The Hindu
04-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bhu Bharati to be operational in 28 mandals of 28 districts from today
The State government has decided to extend the operation of the prestigious Bhu Bharati Act and portal to 28 more mandals in 28 districts across the State starting Monday. The Revenue department has accordingly decided to conduct revenue sadassus, meetings to receive applications from landowners facing problems due to the Dharani portal, in these mandals till May 20. The development follows the implementation of the new Act and portal on a pilot basis in four mandals of four districts from April 17 to 30. According to Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, the sadassus were aimed to create awareness among the people on the Bhu Bharati Act and take steps to resolve the grievances of landowners as part of the meetings. District collectors have been directed to participate in these meetings to clear doubts of the people in layman terms and ensure that grievances are resolved effectively. The hasty steps by the BRS government landed scores of landowners in trouble giving them sleepless nights. The Dharani portal launched by the BRS government with ulterior motives pushed hundreds of families into problems raising questions on the ownership of lands they were in possession since generations. The powers that be in the previous government supported the 'land business' conducted in the name of Dharani, resulting in people losing rights over their lands. At the same time, the absence of a window to represent their grievances had compounded the problems of farmers. The Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy enacted the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights) Act 2025 to alleviate the problems faced by landowners, especially farmers. The government was firm on effective implementation of the Bhu Bharati Act and it had sought the cooperation of the people, elected representatives and officials concerned in this direction. This has been contemplated to reduce litigations which were aplenty in the decade long rule of the BRS government as people were left with no option but to take legal recourse.
Hans India
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Bhu Bharati, a one-stop redressal system: Ponguleti
Warangal: Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025, is a single window system that provides a permanent solution to the issues faced by the farmers, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said. Speaking at an awareness programme here on Tuesday aimed at sensitising the farmers about the importance of Bhu Bharati, a digital land records management system that replaces the BRS Government's flawed Dharani, he said that all the hiccups have been removed, and it's a fool-proof legislation - fast and genuine. After the PowerPoint presentation of the Act, Reddy said that the government had gone through the revenue laws implemented by the 18 States in the country, and had consulted the experts before drafting a role-model-like land record system. The discorded Dharani was full of loopholes and forced the hapless farmers to knock on the doors of the judiciary even for a petty issue, Ponguleti said. 'As of now, Bhu Bharati implementation will be taken on a pilot basis in four mandals in the State. The revenue officials would meet the farmers and resolve the problems faced by them. The new system is free of cost, and the farmers need not have to worry about the expenses. The sada bainama issues will also be addressed, he added. The awareness programmes will be organised in all mandals by Wednesday (April 30). A seminar on Bhu Bharati will be organised in all mandal headquarters on June 2, the Telangana Formation Day, he added. Minister for Forests, Environment, and Endowment Konda Surekha, Warangal Mayor Gundu Sudharani, and Wardhannapet MLA K R Nagaraju heaped praise on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for rolling out a better grievance redressal system to protect the interests of the farmers. Warangal district collector Satya Sharada, municipal commissioner Ashwini Tanaji Wakade, additional collector G Sandhya Rani, farmers, and local leaders were among others present. In a gesture, Ponguleti offered financial assistance to a girl student, Liti, who qualified for admission to Class V in a prestigious educational institution but had no means of monetary support. Ponguleti, who listened to the girl's grandma's plea, immediately responded positively.
The Hindu
29-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Revenue Minister confident that major chunk of land issues will be resolved by August 15
Reiterating the Congress government's commitment to restore rights on land to genuine owners, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has said the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights) Act, 2025 has been designed to rectify the mistakes like entry of wrong names, resolving issues pertaining to prohibited lands and others. Steps have been taken to ensure that the Act as well as the rules governing it can be understood by laypersons. The Act has been drafted after touring 18 States to study similar legislations being implemented there and the final Bhu Bharati Act was prepared after holding elaborate consultations with experts and stakeholders. The Minister was speaking in the awareness meetings on Bhu Bharati conducted at Kamareddy, Warangal and Khammam districts on Tuesday. The Minister exuded confidence that land related issues would be resolved to a major extent by August 15, the Independence Day, providing much needed relief to the people. Mr. Srinivas Reddy made a trenchant attack on the previous BRS government that enacted the Records of Rights Act in 2020 but failed to prepare rules for its implementation in the next three years when it was in power. Vast extent of lands were misappropriated in the name of Record of Rights Act and Dharani portal resulting in sleepless nights to genuine landowners, but the previous government did not initiate any steps to remedy the situation. Vexed with the situation, they taught the BRS fitting lessons in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. 'These (BRS) leaders are now shedding crocodile tears on land issues. Our government is committed to do justice to the people and we are firm on ensuring that land is restored to all genuine owners who lost it,' he said. He said several steps had been initiated to educate people about the provisions of the Bhu Bharati Act and 3,400 petitions had been received in the 20 meetings convened in the villages so far. The new legislation, he said, had incorporated grievance redressal mechanism at different levels and the government was firm on initiating action against the officials found guilty of committing mistakes. Simultaneously, steps had been initiated to put in place revenue administration at the village level through appointment of officers in all 10,956 revenue villages. In addition, the process for recruiting over 1,000 licenced surveyors had also been put in place to ensure that they would correct the records at the village level after conducting survey.
