Dharani probes on loop, reports on mute
Committees, audits, ‘detailed studies’ — the Congress government in Telangana keeps announcing new scrutiny of Dharani and Bhu Bharathi. What it hasn’t done is publish the reports it keeps citing. When the facts are strong, you usually show them.
The government has announced several reviews of Dharani; the core reports remain unpublished.
The Congress government in Telangana has ordered more reviews of Dharani than most people file tax returns — and still hasn’t put the core findings in public. In December 2023 it set up a special committee to recommend a permanent fix for land disputes and asked for a comprehensive report on decisions taken since Dharani’s launch, according to its own release. In February 2024 it said the Dharani Committee had submitted a report flagging flaws in the ROR Act, a rushed land survey and swelling disputes, alongside 2.45 lakh pending applications and an inquiry into the private portal agency. The report itself was not published.
By July 2024, the official line was that a “detailed study” was still needed and that problems were growing; officials were told to hold consultations and even pilot a mandal-level review across land categories. Again: more process, no public report.
This year brought fresh fireworks. A published report quoted the Revenue Secretary saying a forensic audit found “inherent security flaws” and “unauthorised entries” in Dharani’s system architecture — and warned Bhu Bharathi could face similar issues because it uses the same tech stack. Days later, the state Cabinet was reported to have approved a Special Enquiry Team to probe alleged irregularities from tenders to transition, based on that audit by a Central-approved agency. The audit has not been released; the SET order and deadlines are not on the public record we reviewed.
So here is what the record actually shows: multiple committees and an audit have been announced; the government itself says there were legal, administrative and technical problems; and the key documents stay out of sight. That doesn’t clear Dharani, and it doesn’t prove a case either — it just leaves the public with slogans and no paperwork. The Congress government in Telangana keeps promising transparency on Dharani; it can start by publishing the reports it keeps talking about.