Hyderabad, May 1 -- The Telangana state government has extended the deadline for the One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme under the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) by three more days, giving applicants until May 3 to take advantage of the offer.

This decision was announced on Wednesday through official orders issued by TK Sridevi, Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department.

The OTS scheme, which provides a 25 percent rebate on regularisation charges, was introduced to speed up the process of regularising unauthorised plots and layouts across the state.

The government's goal is to resolve the large number of pending applications and encourage legal compliance in urban development.

The LRS was first launch...