Hyderabad, Aug. 10 -- The Telangana government has directed district collectors to take a decision on nearly 20,000 applications seeking removal of land from the prohibited properties list. A target of 45 days has been set.

The applications involve more than 2.20 lakh acres of land across the state. A significant number of the affected property owners are from the Hyderabad metropolitan region, including Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Sangareddy, Yadadri-Bhongir and Vikarabad districts.

The prohibited list prevents certain land and properties from being registered or transferred.

Thousands of property owners affected

The majority of the land parcels were listed as government, assigned, waqf, endowment, Bhoodan or ceiling land. Some p...