Tension over ‘podu land’ issue in Khammam district

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Tension prevailed for immoderate clip successful the reserve wood country successful Sattupalli mandal of Khammam territory connected Monday erstwhile a radical of section tribal women tried to forestall the Forest unit from detaining 2 tribal men successful transportation with a ‘podu land’ issue.

According to reports, the incidental took spot adjacent Tamaracheruvu successful Kakarlapalli bushed precocious connected Monday afternoon.

Mild jostling broke retired betwixt the section tribal women and women unit of the Forest section erstwhile the second reportedly tried to detain 2 tribal men connected charges of causing harm to trenches dug up for plantation purposes successful astir 10 hectares of wood land.

The enraged tribal radical squatted successful beforehand of a wood vehicle, vehemently staking assertion implicit the wood onshore arsenic their ‘podu land’.

According to sources successful the Forest department, the incidental occurred erstwhile the unit reached the spot to foil an effort by a radical of tribal radical to instrumentality up ‘podu cultivation’ successful the reserve wood onshore successful compartment fig 157, terming it arsenic ‘encroachment’ connected wood land.

Published - June 08, 2026 10:29 p.m. IST

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