Hyderabad, Feb. 24 -- Telangana chief minister Anumula Revanth Reddy on Saturday ordered a 'comprehensive inquiry' into the agency which manages the state's Dharani portal which maintains land digitised land records. In a review meeting, he expressed 'serious concern' on the safety of the land records of lakhs of farmers which he said are in the hands of foreign companies.

On Saturday, the Dharani Committee, which was set up to look into issues of the Dharani portal, submitted a report to the chief minister. The report mentioned flaws in the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act which came into force in 2020. The committee told Revanth Reddy that the comprehensive land survey by the previous government was conducted in has...