Hyderabad, March 6 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has faced a setback as the High Court issued a stay on the land acquisition process for an industrial park in Hakimpet, Kodangal constituency. The Congress government had earlier initiated the acquisition but has now been directed to halt the process until further orders.
The state government had planned to acquire 1,358.37 acres across Hakimpet, Lagacherla, Polepally, Rotibanda Tanda, and Pulicherlakunta Tanda in Dudyal Mandal, Vikarabad district, to establish a Pharma Village. A land acquisition notification was issued in August last year. However, allegations surfaced that the land acquisition was being carried out to benefit a company linked to Revanth Reddy's son-in-law...