The government is also preparing a plan to make the land already given to the poor cultivable and also contemplating to see that bank loans are made available to them for the purpose.
The Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said on Sunday unless the land distributed is made cultivable, the poor who have been given the land would not be able to make use of it.
“It is of no use distributing land to the landless poor, unless he is helped to cultivate it and the official machinery should come forward to help them”, the Chief Minister added.
The Chief Minister said that 1,00,615 acres of land have been identified for distribution to over 69,000 beneficiaries in the 5th phase in 22 districts in the state.
Each family is given 2.50 acres of wet land or 5.00 acres of dry land including the land originally held by the family.
The Chief Minister said the State Government has already distributed Surplus land to the landless poor in the State in four phases running into 6,03,809 acres. These lands were distributed among 4,33,723 landless beneficiaries so far.
The Chief Minister, who is going to launch the 5th phase of land distribution at Shadnagar (Mahabubnagar District) on Wednesday, the birth anniversary of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, held meeting with top government officials, a release said here on Sunday.
