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Farmers oppose land acquisition for road projects

Farmers oppose land acquisition for road projects

The Hindu
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 08:12:55 PM UTC

Leaders of AP Rythu Sangham, affiliated to All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), and farmers of affected villages met the Project Director of the National Highways Authority (NHAI) and submitted a memorandum

Leaders of AP Rythu Sangham, affiliated to All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), and farmers of affected villages met the Project Director of the National Highways Authority (NHAI) and submitted a memorandum to him seeking a halt to ‘forcible’ land acquisition, here on Tuesday. Sangham district president Gandi Nayana Babu alleged that hundreds of acres of lands were being acquired in Chinnapalem, Jami, Mentada, Korlam, Pachipenta, Jayathi, and Amaravalasa in Vizianagaram district in name of Vizianagaram Greenfield Road. Lands were also being acquired till Sabbavaram in Visakhapatnam district and for the construction of Raipur-Visakhapatnam Greenfield Road project and for ‘ring roads.
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