By Mukesh 
The Telangana government’s latest policy allowing relaxation of building norms in exchange for Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) is likely to phenomenally increase the burden on the city’s already strained civic infrastructure.
Several amendments have been made to the norms, making TDRs more attractive to developers with the intention of boost their market demand. TDRs are given as compensation to property owners who give up land or structures for public projects such as road widening and lake development.