Crop ploughed over, land forcibly taken for R&R Colony
The Hindu
Acquired under compulsory land acquisition, say officials
On Sunday morning Markanti Narasimhulu, a farmer of Mutrajpally in Gajwel municipality limits, went to his field as usual. To his shock and surprise, his entire three acre farm with standing paddy crop was completely damaged. Not only his farm, but also his brother Ayodhya’s four acres land and three acres land of B. Aagamma — a total of 10 acres land — was totally ploughed over and levelled by revenue officials under police protection. The farm owners claimed that the officials have taken over the land from using force and not following the process of land acquisition under Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 (LA Act- 2013). Already 12 acres of land belonging to M. Narasimhulu, Balaraju, Rajaiah, Balamallu, Veeraiah and Sattaiah was acquired by government and a compensation of ₹ 6 lakh per acre paid to them in 2019. The land is being used to build the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Colony for the oustees of Mallannasagar in Toguta and Kondapaka mandals.More Related News