Milind Deora, Minister of State Communications has informed the Parliament in reply to a question that erstwhile VSNL has a surplus land of 740.63 acres which is valued at Rs. 6,156.58 crore at market rates.

This information about the surplus land was almost a secret till the 2G scam broke out. It was being used by the Tata Telecommunications along with the infrastructure of VSNL. VSNL was privatised years back, but the surplus land issue was under the carpet. It is good that the issue has been unearthed at least now.