Hyderabad, March 22: The houses in the YSR Colony, which was partially constructed on the outskirts of this town with an intention to provide housing for the poor have been turning into dilapidated structures, literally, even before handing them over to the beneficiaries. A legal battle commenced by former beneficiaries led to this situation.
This has all begun with government getting ready to handover the 96 constructed houses to the beneficiaries in 2006.
According to sources, the government has resumed the land, about 55 acres, from 39 beneficiaries to whom it was allotted in 1980’s. The land was resumed in the year 2004 as it was not being used by the beneficiaries for the purpose it was allotted for and notices were issued to them in this regard. According to revenue officials the beneficiaries abandoned the land from 90’s.
After resuming the land, part of it was again allotted to beneficiaries under Indiramma scheme by the Revenue Department and Housing Department was entrusted with the job of constructing the houses.
Stay order
The earlier beneficiaries, from whom the government resumed the land, had got a stay order in the year 2006 at the time of handing over 96 houses constructed there. From the then on the works got struck as it was stated as `absolute’ in the stay order issued by the High Court.
By that time, the Housing Department had already spent about Rs.70 lakh on the housing project.
These houses were slowly turning into dilapidated condition as there was no one to take care of them and maintain them. Not only that, they were also becoming the shelter zones for anti-social elements.
“The case in the High Court. We can not take up any activity till it was disposed off,” said Sangareddy Revenue Divisional Officer S. Ramachandra Rao.
-Agencies