Tribal people of Teldeverapally village of Chandampet mandal who lost their land under Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel Project-II in the district, arrived at the District Collectorate here on Wednesday, demanding that the district administration release compensation to the tune of what was given to Pulichinthala evacuees.
Interestingly, these families were rehabilitated twice. Speaking to The Hindu , Mangothu Chakri, a 70-year-old tribal woman, said that they were actually residents of Eleshwaram village in Mahabubnagar district but they were evacuated as their village was submerged under Nagarjunasagar in the 1950s.
She said they were accommodated at Teldeverapally village of Chandampet mandal in Nalgonda district by giving them 41 acres of assigned land as compensation, but they had lost it under the Tunnel-II project.
The 59 tribal families were given Rs. 36 lakh as compensation when they lost their land.
However, they had approached the Principal Secretary concerned, urging him to issue compensation on the lines of what was given to Pulichinthala evacuees.
The Principal Secretary recommended that the district administration look into the matter, but the district administration is yet to take a final call on it, the 70-year-old tribal woman has said.
They arrived at the Collectorate after travelling almost 150 km to meet the Collector, but he was out of office on official duty and the tribal people presented a memorandum to Joint Collector M. Hari Jawaharlal, asking him to forward the same to Collector T. Chiranjeevulu.
Another tribal man, Nunsavath Ramkathi, said the plight of Pulichinthala evacuees and Teldeverapally tribal people was more or less the same except that compensation in their case was inadequate.
