The government has been offering compensation on a par with patta land if the assigned land is in ‘usable condition’. It was learnt that Mr. Anjaneyulu, in connivance with some revenue officials, was able to produce D Form patta papers in the name of some villagers. Revenue officials, however, grew suspicious when some people from Rampur and Vaddera Colony repeatedly came to the office seeking compensation and, on close scrutiny of the documents, they appeared to have been created recently. Two VROs were suspended while a mandal revenue officer had already surrendered to the State revenue department. “A total of 1,314 acres of assigned land, in addition to 8,000 acres of patta land and about 4,000 acres of government land, is being acquired for the proposed Mallannasagar project.

Source: The Hindu January 20, 2017 17:37 UTC