Hyderabad, Aug. 10 -- The Telangana government is contemplating introducing a comprehensive land pooling policy for acquiring land for infrastructure and development projects, inspired by the land pooling model adopted by the Andhra Pradesh government for its capital city Amaravati, people familiar with the development said.

As Telangana is facing severe shortage of land, especially around Hyderabad capital region, the government is considering going in for land pooling from farmers, rather than land acquisition, which is resulting in a lot of litigation in courts.

In the land pooling policy being implemented in Andhra Pradesh, the Chandrababu Naidu government has allotted 250-400 square yards of commercial plot, depending on the locati...