Telangana govt committed to keep city reservoirs pollution-free: KT Rama Rao

Asserting that the is committed to keeping the two city reservoirs – Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar – pollution-free even after the lifting of GO 111, Telangana municipal administration ministerKT Rama Raosaid the state government will take a decision on the illegal constructions that have already come up in the catchment areas. The state government lifted GO 111, which restricted construction in the catchment areas of the two reservoirs.

On regularisation of illegal constructions under the Building Regularisation Scheme, KTR said a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed on the scheme and an order from the court is likely in the next few weeks. Besides, he said, the state government has issued regularisation orders for constructions on government land under GO 58 and 59.