Ensure ryots are not affected by land acquisition: Secretary

The district authorities have identified almost 2,970 acres of land as part of the government’s scheme to distribute land among those belonging to the economically poor backgrounds. Secretary to Chief Minister Solomon Arokiaraj visited the district on Saturday and conducted a review meeting on land distribution. District Collector G. Veerapandian explained to him that layouts … Read more

Fake land deal racket busted

The Bhongir Special Operations Team (SOT) apprehended seven persons allegedly involved in making fake documents pertaining to vacant plots of land in and around Tuprapet village. They seized from their possession fraudulent sale deeds of seven plots and ₹ 7 lakh, mobile phones and two four-wheelers. The accused are Parindham Sekhar, Anugu Madhavreddy, Y Ramalingeswara … Read more

APSFC seeks TS police help for protection of 270-acre land

The Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation has requested the assistance of Telangana police for demolishing the unauthorised constructions that came up in over 270-acre lands at Gajularamaram village of Medchal-Malkajgiri district. In a letter addressed to the station house officer of Jagadgirigutta police station, a senior manager of the APSFC said the Revenue officials agreed … Read more

‘L&TMRH not given extra land, fares bare minimum’

L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH), the concessionnaire which built the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) project phase one across three corridors and operating, has not been given any extra acre of land than what was specified under the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) or Concessionnaire Agreement (CA), said HMR managing … Read more

HC begins hearing on plea against GO on land allotment

The High Court on Wednesday began hearing on a petition challenging the validity of a G.O. issued by the government on Tuesday allotting 1,250 acres in the core Amaravati area towards distribution of house sites to the landless poor in the CRDA region. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice J.K. Maheswari began hearing on … Read more

Govt. forcing the poor to part with their land: Chandrababu Naidu

Telugu Desam Party president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the YSRCP government is intimidating the poor and taking away their assigned lands on pretext of distributing house sites to all. Addressing a public meeting at Govindapuram in the Kuppam Assembly constituency on the second day of ‘Praja chaitanya yatra’ on … Read more

Govt. seizing land owned by TDP supporters, alleges Kalava

The YSR Congress Government has forcibly taken away land belonging to the supporters of Telugu Desam Party in various mandals of Anantapur district, alleged TDP leader Kalava Srinivasulu and party district president B.K. Parthasarathy. At a press conference here on Saturday, the TDP leaders alleged that the revenue officials were seizing the land at the … Read more

Opposition parties allege forcible land acquisition

Opposition parties have alleged that the government is forcibly acquiring lands of Dalits and converting tank lands and those of D. Patta as layouts for distribution of sites to the landless poor. The government’s decision to distribute land was a good initiative, but it should not cause agony to others, leaders of Opposition parties said … Read more

SIT will probe land deals in Amaravati: Muttamsetti

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the government will also inquire into the alleged insider trading in the purchase of lands in the Amaravati region, and those involved in it will be brought to book soon, Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao has said. Addressing the media in Tirupati on Saturday after inaugurating the two-day … Read more

‘Aquaculture land can be used for agriculture crops’

Scientists of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), a research wing of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), have shown that lands used for aquaculture can also be used to raise agriculture and horticulture crops. RGCA officials, who were raising Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT), a fish variety with Omega-3 fatty acid, at Manikonda … Read more

CSI seeks govt. land to build office in city

RINL Director (Personnel) K.C. Das on Thursday requested the State Government to allot land to the Computer Society of India (CSI) for building an office in the city. Mr. Das, who is also the chairman of CSI-Vizag chapter, said that having an office building in the city will help CSI popularise digital technologies effectively. He … Read more