Vizianagaram administration races to wrap up land acquisition for major projects, including tribal university

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Construction enactment    nether  mode   astatine  the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh field  successful  Chinamedapalli colony   of Mentada mandal, Vizianagaram district. File

Construction enactment nether mode astatine the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh field successful Chinamedapalli colony of Mentada mandal, Vizianagaram district. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju

The Vizianagaram territory medication has stepped up enactment connected pending onshore acquisitions for large projects, including Tarakarama Teertha Sagar, Thotapalli and Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi, aft the State authorities directed elder officials to implicit the task wrong 2 months.

The authorities needs astir 800 acres for assorted projects successful the district. Land acquisition is yet to beryllium completed for the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh, which is acceptable to statesman classes from the 2026-27 world twelvemonth connected its caller field successful Chinamedapalli village, adjacent Mentada successful Vizianagaram district. The assemblage needs further onshore for the 2nd signifier of construction, an attack roadworthy and different facilities.

The Railway section has besides sought aboriginal completion of onshore acquisition astatine respective places for the Kothavalasa-Vizianagaram 4th railway line.

District Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy told The Hindu that the acquisition would beryllium completed smoothly with the practice of farmers and spot owners. He directed the gross section and different departments acrophobic to guarantee payments to spot owners and upload the bills rapidly truthful that the remaining farmers came guardant to surrender their land. There was nary paucity of funds for the acquisition, helium said.

Joint Collector S. Sedhu Madhavan, Vizianagaram Revenue Divisional Officer S. Sudha Sagar and different officials assured the Collector that play meetings would beryllium held to reappraisal the acquisition process astatine respective places.

Published - May 07, 2026 02:37 p.m. IST

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