'Resolve all issues of farmers': Telangana Minister Ponguleti to officials
HYDERABAD: Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Sunday directed the officials to look into all the applications received from farmers during the Revenue Sadassulu being conducted across the state and resolve their issues.
During a review meeting held here, the minister said that the government has been conducting Revenue Sadassulu since June 3 and has so far received 4.61 lakh applications from farmers.
He said that the Sadassulu, which will continue till June 20, have been conducted in 7,578 villages in 561 mandals, except in Hyderabad.
The minister directed the officials to examine the applications with a humane approach and resolve the farmers’ issues.
Srinivasa Reddy further said that the government has set a target of resolving all the land-related issues by August 15.
He alleged that the farmers were facing land-related problems, without their knowledge or intervention, due to the introduction of Dharani portal by the previous BRS regime.
Stating that the problems of the farmers remained unresolved during the 10-year rule of BRS, he said that after introducing Bhu Bharati, the present government started conducting Revenue Sadassulu.
Srinivas Reddy, who himself attended around 50 Sadassulu so far, said that he was moved by the plight of farmers.
Pilot project
On the ongoing land survey, the Revenue minister said that the pilot project was being implemented to rectify the land records. He said that the pilot project, started in the third week of May, is currently being implemented in five villages.
“So far, the survey was concluded in 1,591 out of 2,988 acres in the five pilot villages — in 337 out of 422 acres at Salarnagar in Gangidi mandal of Mahbubnagar district, in 269 out of 626 acres at Kommanapalli village in Beerpur mandal of Jagtial district, 445 out of 845 acres at Mulugumada village in Errupalem mandal of Khammam district, 232 out of 502 acres at Nugur in Venkatapuram mandal of Mulugu district and 308 out of 593 acres at Shahidnagar in Vatpalli mandal of Sangareddy district,” he added.
“Survey in these villages should be completed in the next 10 days,” the minister told the officials and added that the land titles should be clear, and they should be error- and dispute-free once the survey is completed.