Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
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Dinesh Krishnan
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has launched the Bhu Bharati portal, a comprehensive land records management system that will make it easy for people in general and farmers in particular to resolve various issues related to their properties.
This portal will replace Dharani, a similar portal launched by the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Government, which created a lot of hurdles in land transactions, impacting the pace of registrations for months.
Addressing a gathering after launching the portal here on Monday, he blamed the BRS government for introducing the Dharani portal that had become a ‘nightmare’ for people. “It caused distress to farmers. The Revenue employees had protected the land titles for decades. How come they became bad overnight? There may be some blacksheep, but you can’t hold the entire Revenue system responsible for some faults,” he said.
“Citing some errors and mistakes, the then Government tried to portray the whole of the Department as bad,” he said.
He asked the Revenue officials to conduct village-level awareness campaigns to educate the people about the salient features of the Act.
Simultaneously, the Chief Minister released Rules for the implementation of the Record of Rights in Land (Bhu Bharati Act) to make it easy for officials to implement the provisions. As a run up to the Assembly elections in 2023, the Congress Party promised to abolish the ‘Dharani Act’ and introduce a new Act that will remove all the irregularities.
The Chief Minister asked the District Collectors to understand the provisions of the Act and the Rules completely so that the Act is implemented in its full spirit.
“The Dharani Act created a lot of problems for people and farmers. They had not formulated rules, leaving people in distress. We have studied all the issues and drafted a new Bill to provide relief to people,” Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said.
After piloting the portal in four mandals (one each from Khammam, Kamareddy, Nagar Kurnool, and Mulugu districts), the portal will be made accessible to all districts from June 2. The rest of the 29 districts will get representation in the pilot over the next few weeks.
The information and services will be available in Telugu, Urdu, and English.
The Chief Minister asked the officials to take feedback from people during the pilot phase to make the portal robust. “We should update it regularly. All the services should be made available on mobile apps too,” he said.
Published on April 14, 2025