Bhu Bharati has a committee too, quietly

The Congress government in Telangana has reportedly constituted a committee to investigate irregularities in both Dharani and Bhu Bharati, according to a July 2 report citing Revenue Secretary D.S. Lokesh Kumar. The reported committee is also examining Dharani’s security vulnerabilities and whether the same technology architecture could affect Bhu Bharati. The government order, terms of reference and any committee report have not been made public in the material reviewed.

That matters because the latest political argument presents Bhu Bharati as the Congress government’s answer to Dharani, while the official portal records Bhu Bharati as a system created under the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025. It provides services for prohibited-land searches and grievances over acquired land. The official record establishes the mechanism, not whether it is resolving applications effectively.

The BRS has accused Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy of shifting responsibility for Section 22-A land issues to the previous government. Claims about a ₹52-crore challan irregularity, 1,390 documents and 9,200 transfers without owners appearing remain unverified in the available record. Dharani also remains listed on a Rangareddy district government page for land-record services, so its promised disappearance appears to have been more administrative slogan than clean exit.

The Congress government has not published the evidence needed to settle the competing claims. For now, both portals are under a cloud—and one committee is apparently carrying the umbrella.