Pedamadduru farmers give away 313 acres within an hour of launching LPS

Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister P. Narayana connected Thursday formally launched the Land Pooling Scheme-2.0 astatine Pedamadduru colony of Amaravati mandal successful Palnadu district.

This is the 3rd colony retired of 7 notified by the APCRDA for LPS 2.0.

Mr. Narayana launched the LPS successful the different 2 villages — Endrayi successful Palnadu territory and Vaddamanu successful Guntur territory — connected Wednesday.

Along with Pedakurapadu MLA Bhashyam Praveen, the Minister collected the consent letters from the farmers consenting to connection their lands nether the LPS. He besides inaugurated the Land Pooling Competent Authority bureau successful the village.

Within an hr of the launch, farmers submitted consent letters done Form-1 for 313 acres of land. Officials said this accounted for astir 30% of the full onshore being pooled astatine Pedamadduru.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Narayana said farmers were voluntarily coming guardant for onshore pooling owed to their spot successful Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. He pointed retired that a time earlier, farmers astatine Endrayi had offered 403 acres. He recalled that during 2014–19, sizeable clip was spent connected preparing layout plans, maestro plans and roadworthy designs for Amaravati.

Criticising erstwhile Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Minister alleged that contempt supporting the superior operation successful the Legislative Assembly, the YSRCP authorities aboriginal subjected farmers to harassment and stalled development. This forced the NDA authorities to walk 8 months overcoming the resulting issues. He said the absorption leaders were incapable to digest the renewed husbandman information successful onshore pooling.

Mr. Narayana asserted that Amaravati would beryllium developed strictly successful accordance with Green Tribunal permissions and reiterated that the authorities would fulfil each committedness made to farmers and guarantee the planned improvement of the superior metropolis without deviation.