ANANTAPUR: The decades-old ‘Dotted Lands’ issue was settled on Friday as Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy lifted the ban of land worth Rs.20,000 crore.
Taking the land out of the prohibited list has come as a massive relief for 97,471 farmers across the state. The CM made the announcement after he formally launched the patta distribution programme at Kavali in Nellore district.
The CM launched the programme of de-notifying the ‘Dotted Lands’ from the prohibited list. This would benefit 97, 471 farmer families across the state.
Addressing a public meeting at Kavali, the CM said the government would provide full rights to farmers owning 2, 06, 171 acres of dotted lands worth ' 20,000 crore. Farmers would now be able to sell and pledge these lands for their financial needs besides enjoying the other normal rights as landowners.
“The decision would permanently remove the dotted lands from the prohibited list of lands and restore full rights to farmers owing them,” Jagan Redy announced.
He recalled that these farmers suffered a lot as they were not able to sell or pledge these lands during the TDP rule, which included them in Section 22 A (1)(e) in 2016.
“The YSRC government’s initiative has permanently ended the dotted lands problems created during the British era wherein the then government put dots in the Pattadar column to end the confusion on their status as either government or private lands,” he said.
The CM said his government has been implementing several programmes for the welfare of farmers. “It has distributed 3 lakh acres as RoFR pattas to 1. 28 lakh tribal families by allotting two acres each, besides removing 35,000 of conditional patta lands from the list of prohibited lands thereby benefiting 22,000 farmer–families and distributing 31 lakh house site pattas to women.”
Permanently ending the land litigations across the state, the government has also taken up resurvey of lands after 100 years, by implementing the YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku and Bhu Raksha, the CM said, adding that the government has provided 7, 92, 238 permanent title deeds to farmers in 2000 villages in the first phase.
The second phase of the programme will be taken up from next month.
Jagan Reddy said the government has been investing huge amounts on education with a view to developing human resources and this would help the state become the torchbearer for the entire country. “In the next 15 years, all the youths including those becoming vehicle drivers would be able to speak fluently in English,” he said.
“The pro-farmer government has been bringing in revolutionary changes in the agricultural sector also by introducing RBKs to help the farmers at every stage from sowing seeds to selling their agricultural produce for profitable prices, besides giving them input subsidies, supplying them free electricity, and providing them MSP for even non-MSP agricultural produce. The RBKs are purchasing even the soaked and colored paddy from the farmers,” he observed.
Meanwhile , the Chief minister sanctioned Rs. 35 crore for transforming the Kavali Tank into a balancing reservoir, Rs.20 crore for building the Sangam Barrage and Kavali link canal, Rs.5 crore for widening the Kavali Trunk Road, and Rs.80 crore for providing infrastructure to Indiramma Colony 16th ward on par with Jagananna colony.
