VISAKHAPATNAM: Making the promise of regularisation of the encroached non-objectionable government land below 100 sq yards free of cost a reality, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday distributed the house site pattas to 30,562 women at a massive public meeting at Andhra University’s Engineering College Grounds here on Thursday.
Earlier, the government issued GO 296 to regularise the non-objectionable government land below 100 sq yards occupied by people. On Thursday, occupied land at various places in Visakhapatnam valued at around Rs. 5,000 crore was regularised free of cost.
“It is a historic move. The TDP has fulfilled one of its important promise,” the Chief Minister said while addressing the huge gathering. As many as 67,000 people had applied seeking regularisation of the encroached land and after a scrutiny, 30, 562 beneficiaries were selected.
“Unlike the D-Pattas, these present pattas will be free for any financial transaction or can be sold after two years,” Naidu said, while appealing to the beneficiaries not to sell them.
Lauding the efforts of Visakhapatnam district administration for implementation of the initiative, Naidu said that though he had instructed all the district collectors in the state over the distribution of the land pattas, Visakhapatnam did the work fast using technology.
For the programme, the district administration opened 136 counters and engaged some 500 officials to ensure hassle-free distribution of the pattas.
According to the district administration, around 3,460 pattas were given to people in the North constituency, 7,040 in West, 6,473 in East, 3,828 pattas in Bheemili, 3,177 in Pendurthi and 6,304 in Gajuwaka.
Naidu also promised that the Telugu Desam government was working on the long-pending issues in Visakhapatnam city like encroached land of Simhachalam temple and few at Gajuwaka.