Telangana Housing Board Constructs Compound Walls to Protect Vacant Lands
The Telangana Housing Board has started building a compound wall to protect vacant lands belonging to Deccan Infrastructure Land Holdings Ltd (DILL). The land spans 620 acres, is free from legal disputes, and is at risk of encroachment.
The Housing Board recently received 703 acres of land across the state. With this addition, DILL, a subsidiary of the Housing Board, now has a total land bank of 1,821 acres. To safeguard these lands from encroachment, the government directed officials to conduct DGPS surveys and construct compound walls. An administrative sanction of ₹25 crore was approved for this purpose.
In the first phase, the Housing Board conducted a DGPS survey and began building compound walls around 422 acres of land vulnerable to encroachment. The project, divided into 16 packages, has a budget of ₹10 crore. So far, 7,500 meters of the proposed 28,500 meters of the wall have been completed, and the work is progressing in stages.
Additionally, compound wall construction for DILL’s vacant lands is underway. Tenders for 17 packages have been initiated, with a project cost of ₹12 crore.
The vice chairman and housing commissioner of the Telangana Housing Board, V P Gautham, recently reviewed the progress of the construction work in a meeting held at the Gruhakalpa Building. He urged officials to expedite the completion of the compound walls and to start work on the DILL lands before the Sankranti festival.
