Hyderabad, July 19 -- Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday announced that a statewide drive would be launched to reclaim and secure all irrigation department properties.
Uttam instructed officials to identify and evict illegal occupants from irrigation lands and facilities across Telangana including the premises of institutions such as the Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI) and Engineering Research Laboratory (ERL).
Uttam who addressed long-pending land encroachment issues on properties belonging to the Irrigation Department in a meeting here, directed the officials to formally inform municipal bodies and police departments about encroachments and to init...