Sridhar Babu Hits Out at KTR Over Land Allocations

Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu on Wednesday hit out at BRS working president K T Rama Rao (KTR), accusing him of misleading people with false statements on land allocations and other issues concerning Telangana. 

Speaking to the media after a face-to-face meeting at Gandhi Bhavan, Sridhar Babu challenged KTR to explain to Telangana’s farmers the price received for the paddy grown at former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s farmhouse.

Responding to KTR’s allegations over land



allocations, Sridhar Babu said the Congress government had allotted land strictly in accordance with prescribed rules and regulations. He said land was allotted at Rs.1.50 crore per acre, whereas the previous BRS government had allotted land at ?90 lakh per acre. 

“We allotted five acres for Rs7.5 crore,” he said, asking KTR to explain the basis for the Rs.200 crore figure being quoted by him. The Minister said the HILT policy would benefit the people of Hyderabad and cautioned KTR against creating fear among industrialists.