Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Telangana Penalizes Colleges as Adilabad Airport Project Advances
Officials in Telangana found problems at many private junior colleges.
Because of these problems, 300 colleges were fined more than ₹2.5 crore in total.
The problems included admitting students without permission and not having enough teachers or facilities.
Forty-five colleges were each fined ₹8 lakh for submitting fake fire safety documents.
Officials said inspections will continue to check whether colleges follow the rules.
Separately, a proposed airport project in Adilabad has moved forward.
Government ministries have appointed officers to coordinate the project.
The airport is planned for both civilian use and Air Force training.
It would include aircraft parking, hangars, training facilities and maintenance buildings.
The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education fined 300 private junior colleges more than ₹2.5 crore for violating affiliation and operational norms.
Inspections identified unauthorized admissions, illegal operations, staff shortages, inadequate laboratories and libraries, and timetable violations.
Forty-five colleges were each fined ₹8 lakh for submitting allegedly fake HYDRAA fire No Objection Certificates for 2026–27 affiliation.
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said the Defence and Civil Aviation ministries appointed nodal officers to accelerate Adilabad’s proposed joint-user airport.
The airport project is intended to support both civil and defence operations, including an Air Force training centre and related infrastructure.
- Who
- The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education, 300 private junior colleges, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, and the Defence and Civil Aviation ministries.
- What
- Colleges were fined for regulatory violations, while nodal officers were appointed to advance a proposed joint-user airport in Adilabad.
- When
- The penalties concern the 2026–27 affiliation process; G. Kishan Reddy announced the airport coordination on Sunday.
- Where
- Telangana, including Hyderabad and Adilabad.
- Why
- The colleges were penalized for violating affiliation and operational norms; the nodal officers were appointed to coordinate construction of a civil-defence airport and Air Force training centre.
- College penalties
- More than ₹2.5 crore imposed on 300 private junior colleges.
- Individual college fines
- Penalties ranged from ₹1 lakh to ₹10 lakh.
- Fire-document violations
- Forty-five colleges were each fined ₹8 lakh for submitting fake HYDRAA fire No Objection Certificates.
- Inspection authority
- The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education is conducting inspections through task force teams.
- Airport location
- Adilabad, Telangana.
- Airport purpose
- The proposed airfield would serve both civil and defence purposes.
- Planned facilities
- The project includes aircraft parking dispersals, weather shelters, hangars, an operational complex, training facilities and maintenance infrastructure.