Revenue officials begin probing govt lands at KCR’s farmhouse

Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced a probe into assigned lands allegedly usurped by Bharat Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrashekar Rao’s family, a team of officials of the Revenue Department began a survey of the lands forming part of KCR’s farmhouse on Thursday.

The revenue officials collected details of government lands allegedly forming part of KCR’s farmhouse at Erravalli village of Markook mandal in Siddipet district. The district authorities will submit a report on KCR’s farmlands to the government in a day or two. “The Revenue Department is focusing specifically on the lands associated with the Erravalli farmhouse. As part of this initiative, revenue officials conducted an intensive inspection of files at the Markook Tahsildar's office,” officials said.

District Revenue officer AD Sudarshan and RDO Chandrakala arrived at the Tahsildar’s office and examined all the records pertaining to the lands in question. The officials verified the survey numbers related to Erravalli and Venkatapur villages and gathered comprehensive details regarding the government and patta (private) lands. It is reported that officials focused on the status of 385 acres of government land near KCR’s farmhouse.

The field officials were instructed to utilise modern technology during the survey of the lands. They are using Google Earth maps and examining satellite imagery to assess the past condition of the lands. The officials are suspecting that assigned lands at a survey just a kilometre away from KCR’s farmhouse were misused.

During the survey, mild tension prevailed in the area as some local farmers obstructed the officials from conducting the survey. Farmers confronted the officials and questioned why a survey was being conducted on lands they had been actively cultivating.

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