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Beneficiaries to get extent equal to that acquired for the project
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East Godavari District Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy inspecting the R&R Colony in Rampa Agency on Wednesday.
Beneficiaries to get extent equal to that acquired for the project
The State government targets to hand over to the displaced families land equivalent to the extent acquired from them for the Polavaram irrigation project, by the end of June.
On Wednesday, East Godavari District Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy, Polavaram project Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Special Commissioner O. Anand and ITDA-Rampachodavaram Project Officer C.V. Praveen Adithya inspected the Indukurupeta R&R Colony in the Rampachodavaram Agency.
Polavaram will render people from 192 villages homeless DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Apr 12, 2021, 1:33 am IST
Fearing submergence, locals demand compensation, safer living places
The state government had announced that 371 villages will be submerged due to the project and CCLA has given permission for providing R&R package to 164 villages. (DC Image))
KAKINADA: All those who have been displaced from 192 villages because of Polavaram Project are living in fear amid insecurity. They are all worried that the villages would be submerged in June or July because of cyclones and floods. They appealed to the Union and state governments to provide a relief and resettlement package to them, before the completion of Polavaram Project.