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Panga Anasuya campaigned for the Congress during the 2023 Legislative Assembly elections. Now, she vows to ne'er ballot for the enactment again. The middle-aged husbandman from Kurmidda colony of Yacharam mandal successful Ranga Reddy territory is acceptable to suffer each her 12 acres to Pharma City, projected by the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, and pursued by the existent regime.
Anasuya was 1 of the protesters astatine Dharna Chowk successful 2022, whom contiguous Chief Minister and past TPCC main A. Revanth Reddy had met and assured that the Congress authorities would scrap the Pharma City proposal. “He had held my hands and promised that helium would not fto the onshore gaffe distant from me,” Anasuya recalled.
Now, farmers successful 4 villages of Yacharam mandal — Kurmidda, Nanaknagar, Medipally, and Thatiparthy — cannot merchantability oregon transportation the land, arsenic registrations are banned. They are incapable to merchantability their crops astatine cultivation marketplace yards, arsenic determination is an unofficial prohibition connected workplace operations successful the lands.
All the farmers contiguous astatine a circular array gathering against Pharma City conducted connected Wednesday were furious astatine the authorities which, they say, betrayed their spot successful the astir remorseless manner. Telangana State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Commission president M. Kodanda Reddy was besides successful the enactment of fire.
“Kodanda Reddy, astatine the clip of elections, told america not to springiness patta lands for Pharma City. He besides promised to merchandise duty lands aft Congress came to power. But now, our lands are being fenced disconnected contempt a enactment issued by the High Court,” Devuji, different farmer, said.
“At slightest 5 to six MLAs, who won, had sat with america protesting against Pharma City. Now they each person go authorities brokers. Only symbols person changed, not the government’s policies. Not 1 MLA stood with the farmers erstwhile their harvest was being washed distant during caller floods. They were each engaged with Jubilee Hills predetermination campaigning,” fumed Kondal Reddy, a husbandman from Medipally village, who incidentally was a Congress enactment worker.
The circular array was organised by ‘Movement against Pharma City’, and Telangana People’s Joint Action Committee. Sarawathi Kavula, representing the former, said bulk of the lands successful Yacharam mandal are patta lands, and astir farmers approached the High Court and got a stay.
“Soon aft assuming reins, the Chief Minister announced that Pharma City has been cancelled. But online, the titles did not change. We learnt that the task was not cancelled, lone erstwhile they revealed it to the High Court,” Kavula said. She said nary Congress leader, including MLC Kodandaram, has been helpful.
She besides questioned the rejection of nominations filed by 10 protesting farmers for Jubilee Hills byelections, arsenic the aforesaid yardstick was not applied to Congress campaigner Naveen Yadav.
Farmers and activists protesting the contamination by ethanol and bulk cause industries from Chittanur, Patancheru, Domadugu and Peda Dhanwada villages attended the gathering and spoke astir their travails, on with civilian nine representatives.
