Key Points
The Telangana Cabinet has decided to withdraw GO No. 111 fully, bringing 1.32 lakh acres of land in 84 villages for real-estate development..
The 27-year-old order was introduced to protect the two water bodies of Himayatsagar and Gandipet that used to be the key drinking water sources for the State Capital...
It restricted unbridled development of real-estate projects and other polluting constructions in the catchment areas..
These reservoirs will get water from the Kaleshwaram project, Telangana Health and Finance Minister T Harish Rao said.. Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting here on Thursday, he said the river Musi would also get water from the Kaleshwaram project..
Husain Sagar, once a drinking water tank, later turned into a polluted one, would get fresh water from Godavari, making it clean once again, the Minister said.. Cabinet sub-committees ..
