Telangana real estate is booming since the formation of state in June 2014. The real estate market in Telangana, especially in Hyderabad and surrounding districts, namely Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Medak, Yadadri, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar districts has touched the sky and sky is the only limit for the property prices in these districts.

Hyderabad and Telangana are attracting investments into real estate sector significantly from Seemandhra people due to flawed policies of YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh headed by Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on the issue of Amaravathi capital and three capitals for AP. With this, the real estate market crashed in AP forcing AP people to invest in Hyderabad and surrounding districts in Telangana to make money.

At this juncture, Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar has decided to hike market value of agriculture lands, non agriculture lands, plots, apartments, houses, flats etc from February 1, all of a sudden, which is just two days away.

These market values were hiked only six months ago in July 2021 and the second hike within six months has come as a big shock to not only property buyers and sellers but also real estate associations and companies.

All are opposing hikes in market values saying that it will discourage people from buying properties in Telangana due to higher registration charges in the current Covid conditions.

They said the time is not right to hike market values and KCR should reconsider his decision.

All are expressing fears that KCR is pushing the booking real estate in Telangana into crisis with his haste decisions.

They are demanding KCR to hold consultations with all stakeholders first and take their feedback on the market value hike before taking such an important decision.

Telangana Chief Minister KCR and the officialdom in the state is seeing a new, more strident, more aggressive and more belligerent BJP these days. Time was when the BJP leaders of the state used to meet KCR on the sly and enter into understanding with him. Now, the new leadership is not only aggressive, but is also getting ample support from the national leadership and those in the Central government.

Recently Bandi Sanjay was arrested while he was on a dharna at the party office in Karimnagar. The police roughed him up and bundled him into a vehicle after arresting him. Instead of supplicating, Bandi Sanjay slapped a privilege motion on the police. The Parliament immediately served notices on the police. Now the police are doing rounds of Delhi and are a worried lot. Sources in the administration say that their attempts to please the KCR dispensation have boomeranged on them.

Now, reports say that the police have openly colluded with TRS activists in attacking Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Aravind, while he was on a tour of Aravind. The speaker of the Lok Sabha took up the issue suo motu and called Aravind to Delhi to know what happened in Armoor. He also asked the MP to file a complaint. Now, the police officials’ over enthusiasm is likely to prove quite costly for them.

The incident involving the deputation of senior IAS official Rajat Kumar too is causing tremors among the civil servants. In light of these incidents, the administration will now think twice before doing the bidding of the TRS government at the state. They would be worried about the repercussions of their actions. All this has left the administration confused and wary.

Darshanam Mogilaiah, popular as “Bheemla Nayak” Mogilaiah, for his title song for upcoming Pawan Kalyan starrer upcoming movie “Bheemla Nayak”, met Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao in Pragathi Bhavan on Friday (today).

Mogilaiah was recently conferred with “Padma Shri” Award by the Central government on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day.

KCR praised Mogilaiah on winning Padma Shri Award and for bringing laurels and recognition to Telangana and Telangana’s art and culture.

KCR announced Rs 1 crore cash reward to Mogilaiah on behalf of Telangana government. KCR also announced a house plot in Hyderabad for Mogilaiah.

The amount will be used to construct a decent house for Mogilaiah who now lives in a shed-like house in a slum area in Hyderabad.

The Telangana government will also pay him monthly pension every month.

Mogilaiah and his family members are facing severe poverty and financial problems for the past several decades. All his woes are now coming to an end after winning Padma Shri award.

Although Pawan Kalyan and few other celebrities, NGOs donated money to Mogilaiah after he became popular with Bheemla Nayak title song, the KCR’s huge cash reward and a plot will change the life of Mogilaiah and his family forever.

TRS boss KCR is said to have taken up the task of refurbishing the party and addressing the problem areas in the right earnest. With barely a year and a few months left for the 2023 elections to Telangana assembly, he is said to be busy assessing the ground situation through various surveys done by Prashant Kishor and his team and by evaluating the performance of the ministers, MLAs and MPs.

It has come to KCR’s notice that three of his ministers are deeply involved in local feuds and one minister is believed to have failed in coordinating with the district administration. Similarly, tensions between the old-timers and the new entrants into the party are simmering in several places. The problem is said to be acute in Tandur, Nakrekal, Kollapur and other places. The internal surveys have shown that one MLA in Adilabad, two each in Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar, three in Nalgonda and four in Rangareddy are performing way too below par.

Khammam has been identified as a problem district as despite encouraging defections, the party does not seem to be getting any better. The lone minister from the district too is embroiled in groupism, according to reports. Even in the local body elections, Khammam TRS failed to live up to expectations, say the reports.

Meanwhile, KCR is said to have focused on filling nominated posts. He is also yet to fill the vacancy created by Eatala Rajender’s resignation eight months ago.

Internal sources say that KCR is planning to induct more youths into the party in the coming days. At least 65 of his MLAs are second-term MLAs. Around 35 are first term MLAs. His plan, according to party sources, is to make the party look younger. Party sources also say that he is planning to undertake a tour of the state in February.

Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao’s decision to increase market value of lands from February all of a sudden came as a big shock to land buyers in Telangana.

This is because the land values were increased in Telangana only six months ago in July 2021. This triggered a debate in political circles that there is a ‘hidden agenda’ behind land value increase.

Telangana state was formed in 2014 and KCR became Telangana CM also in 2014. KCR did not give permission to hike land values for seven years until July 2021. Prior to that, land values were revised by previous Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Undivided AP in 2013, which KCR continued till 2021.

As per rules, the market value of lands should be hiked every two years. But KCR kept calm for seven years. What prompted KCR to keep calm for seven years to increase market values of lands earlier and now what prompted KCR to increase land values twice within six months.

It is believed that KCR did not increase land values from 2014 to 2021 as TRS government was busy acquiring thousands of acres for various irrigation projects like Kaleshwaram, Palamur Rangareddy, Seetharama etc besides other projects like Hyderabad Pharma City, Kakatiya Mega Textile Park etc. If market values were increased then, KCR’s government would have faced a huge financial burden as it had to pay higher compensation for landowners based on increased land values.

Now that, the entire land acquisition for all projects has been over, KCR decided to hike market value of lands. In this way, KCR planned ‘double benefit’ for TRS government and ‘double loss’ for land owners and buyers.

KCR saved financial burden for TRS government in acquiring lands by not increasing land values earlier and now KCR is eyeing higher revenues for TRS government with increased market values as it will automatically fetch higher land registration charges for the government.