It was their way of showing that the State government was not going by the book.
Farmers and agricultural workers going to be displaced by the new capital coming up in Thullur region distributed fruits, vegetable and flowers that grow in abundance in this multi-crop area to showcase that fertile land are being acquired by the government.
Hundreds of agitators staged a rasta roko on Prakasam Barrage under the leadership of YSRC MLA (Mangalagiri) Alla Ramakrishna Reddy here on Friday.
The agitators said that variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers that were cultivated on their land that they would have to part with for the development of the capital.
Holding placards, they shouted slogans against the G.O.166 .
Farmers listed out more than 50 crops that were being grown round the year . They demanded that multi-cropped land must be spared from acquisition under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The government is not following the rules even in seeking exemptions to chapters II and III of the Act,” said B. Balaji Reddy, a farmer from Undavalli
“The amount of fertile land earmarked for acquisition, along with their survey numbers should be mentioned in the notification, even before seeking exemption from the Act. When alternate multi-crop land was not available for distribution, funds needed for the development of multi-crop land should be deposited by the government,” he said.
The farmers are planning to approach courts on this issue, he added.
