Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Telangana government has cancelled the allotment of land belonging to Sharada Peetham to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), following directions from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

Soon after representatives of the Peetham brought to his notice that construction activities were being undertaken on their land by the Water Board, the Chief Minister convened a meeting with senior officials at the State Secretariat on Saturday evening. He reviewed the ongoing construction works on Peetham's land at Kokapet.

Expressing displeasure over the issue, the Chief Minister reportedly pulled up officials for not informing him about the construction activity at the time of allocating the lan...