Hyderabad, July 07: With demand for land for graveyards increasing, especially in Greater Hyderabad, the Ranga Reddy district administration has allotted 80 acres in 14 mandals for Muslim burial grounds.
Land has been identified in Keesara, Hayathnagar, Saroornagar, Qutubullapur, Shamirpet, Rajendranagar, Ghatkesar, Shamshabad, Ibrahimpatnam and Medchal, Vikarabad, Basheerabad and Serilingampally mandals.
Chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, at a meeting with revenue officials on Saturday, had asked them to identify land for graveyards in Greater Hyderabad.
The chief minister directed revenue officials to hand over land to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in their limits.
In the first phase, 66 acres of land was allotted for graveyards in 11 mandals and later another 14 acres were identified in seven mandals.
While 57 acres has been allotted to Hindu burial grounds, 15 acres for cemeteries and eight acres for Muslim graveyards.
The land was in Kapra, Ahmedguda, Sahebnagar, Nadargul, Dundigal, Gundla Pochampally, Jawaharnagar, Hydershakotla, Kokapet, Kachavani Singaram, Chowdriguda, Kongarakalan, Adityanagar near Ibrahimpatnam, Nuthankal in Medchal, Gangaram in Vikarabad, Gopanpally, Bachupally and Malkaram in Shamshabad mandal.
“The land has been identified and handed over to respective gram panchayats. Efforts are being made by the civic bodies to provide basic facilities like bathrooms, compound walls and bore wells,” Ranga Reddy district joint collector M Jagan Mohan said.
-Agencies