Hyderabad, April 15 -- The legal fight of 60 senior citizens, who alienated their lands for the construction of Mallanna Sagar Reservoir under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), has finally borne fruit. After almost a decade-long fight, the state government finally compensated them as per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act.

The move came just the night before Telangana Finance Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania was supposed to appear before a Telangana High Court bench on Wednesday, April 15.

Advocate Chaparala Ravi, representing the land oustees, had filed a petition with the High Court to make Sultania appear in person before the court on Wednes...