Hyderabad The Andhra Pradesh government has given away 88,492 acres land to 1,027 beneficiaries between 2006-11, resulting in a huge multi-crore land scam, a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has said. The scathing report, which has been tabled in the state’s legislative assembly, is the CAG’s first comprehensive audit report on land allotments in Andhra Predesh.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government, for the first time, is experimenting with scientific ways for maintaining land records in the state.

Under the national land records modernization programme, the settlement department has initiated a landmapping project with the use of Electronic Total Station (ETS) technique and is planning to later use satellite images and aerial pictures.

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps to stop mining operations by encroachers on government lands.

“If the State or the authorities concerned do not take any steps to stop such illegal mining, then the court shall have no option but to presume that the persons concerned are also interested in continuation of such illegal activities,” the First Bench comprising Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and Justice T.S.Sivagnanam observed in its order while dismissing three writ petitions.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday appointed Advocate H C Arora as a local commissioner to submit a report relating to the existence and extent of area under Sukhna Choe.

The provincial lawmakers on Wednesday passed the Sindh Irrigation (Amendment) Bill, 2011, into law unanimously to amend the "Sind Irrigation Act 1879", with a view to remove encroachments from the

GUWAHATI: The Brihattar Guwahati Unnayan Samiti Samuhar Aikya Mancha alleged that the provisions of the Guwahati Waterbodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act, 2008 has been flouted by the district administration.

The Mancha said that a part of the waterbody at the Bunda village in Beltola Mauja under the Chandrapur Revenue Circle had been allegedly handed over to the Maria Public School in 2002 by the district administration, which was a violation of the Guwahati Waterbodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act, 2008. Again in 2007, another portion of the waterbody had also been handed over to the same school.

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has cleared the proposal for construction of around 15,000 tenements by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at Perumbakkam.

The clearance follows the TNSCB fulfilling the requirement of constructing an 18-metre-wide road near the multi-storeyed buildings. The move seeks to facilitate the resettlement and rehabilitation of 15,000 families from the city. However, the TNSCB is planning to reduce the number of tenements proposed in the project.

The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved auctioning of fishing activities in 24 water bodies on gram sabha land in the Capital.

At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, it was decided that fish culture would be encouraged in the water bodies and village ponds to overcome the problem of encroachment of such water bodies situated on gram sabha land.