With a huge demand for land for setting up new industries in the state, especially in Hyderabad Metropolitan Region (HMR), and land acquisition turning out to be a major problem, the government has decided to resume unutilised government land from various industries and institutions.
Sources in the government said about 1,800 acres of such unutilised land, which was allotted between 2004 and 2014, has been identified and notices slapped on the managements. Sources said some of them have already approached the courts on being served notices.
Officials said over 2,000 acres of land was allotted to various industries especially in the erstwhile Rangareddy district such as Raviryala,Maheshwaram,Ibrahimpatnam, Serilingampally and Shamirpet areas for setting up industries. The land extent was between 10 acres and 250 acres. While some have closed down their operations due to various reasons, some have utilised only a small portion of the land.
TheTelangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation(TSIIC) is the nodal agency for developing new industrial parks and allot the land to the new industries. Currently,TSIIChas a land bank of 1.50 lakh acres. Since the government is focusing on development of sector-wise industrial parks like Food Processing, automotive, aerospace and DEFENCE, textile and leather, and Industrial Policies of the government, there is a huge demand for the land. In the past nine years, land allotments were made to 2,980 units across the state.