President’s help sought to reclaim UoH land
The Hindu
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All India OBC Students Association (AIOBCSA) has written to Ram Nath Kovind, President of India and Visitor of the University, requesting his intervention in the land dispute related to the University of Hyderabad (UoH).
The letter said that 2,324.05 acres of Kancha Gachibowli Village in Serilingampalli Mandal of Rangareddy district was promised to be transferred by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government to establish a university campus in Hyderabad in 1975.
The university was formed as part of the six-point formula in 1973 and under Article 371E of the Constitution.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.