The appointment of surveyors and village revenue officials will be done soon, Revenue, Housing and Information and Public Relations (I & PR) Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said.
He said that at present there are 450 surveyors in the state and there is a need for another 1,000. Officials have been told to chalk out a plan to hire surveyors and to make the selection process transparent, he added.
“Regarding the village revenue system, we will appoint a revenue officer for each revenue village. For this purpose, those eligible should be selected from VROs and VRAs to conduct the examination. Its procedures should be drafted immediately and arrangements must be made for conducting the examination,” he said.
Ponguleti conducted a review at the Secretariat on Friday regarding the appointment of surveyors, restoring the revenue system in villages and
the Indiramma housing scheme.
The Minister held the review with Chief Secretary Shanti Kumari, Revenue Department Principal Secretary Naveen Mittal, Housing Secretary Jyoti Buddha Prakash, Housing Corporation MD VP Gautham, GHMC Commissioner Ilambarathi, CMRO Director Makarand and others.
Ponguleti clarified that the construction of Indiramma houses is a continuous process and it is the responsibility of the government to build Indiramma houses for everyone who is eligible. He said that in the first phase of the scheme a Indiramma house will be built for those who have a house site and in the second phase a house site will be provided to build a house.
During the meeting, there was a lengthy discussion on getting the help of the engineering department for constructing Indiramma houses and the appointment of revenue officers and surveyors for all revenue villages.
Ponguleti said the list of applicants of Indiramma houses who are eligible and the list of those who do not have residential land should be placed in gram sabhas. “We are taking up the construction of Indiramma houses step by step,” he said.
Officials brought to the attention of the Minister that there are only 274 engineers in the Housing Corporation and 400 more engineers are needed for the construction and supervision of Indiramma houses. Ponguleti asked the CS to look into how the services of engineers of other departments can be used for this.
The officials were told to prepare a separate action plan for the construction of houses within GHMC limits.
