GO 111 రద్దుపై ఎందుకీ వివాదం? || Why row over scrapping of GO 111 ? || 

GO 111 రద్దుపై ఎందుకీ వివాదం? || Why row over scrapping of GO 111 ? ||
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)’s announcement this week on scrapping a 26-year-old government order (GO) could send two Nizam-era reservoirs into a death trap, and put lakhs of acres of land at a massive risk of concrete urbanisation.
In the state assembly Tuesday, KCR said the government order 111 issued in 1996 has become redundant, adding that it was time to “revoke” it. He said the government will make the move - dubbed as ‘reckless’ by experts - following the release of an expert committee report on the same.
So, what is GO 111?
The erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government issued this order restricting any kind of major construction and industrial activity in a 10-km radius of the full tank level of the two reservoirs - Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar - that have been a key source of drinking water for the city for decades, and have also been an essential part of flood control, among other environmental factors.
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