VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena founder K. Pawan Kalyan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking action on alleged fraud involving the construction and distribution of housing for the poor in Andhra Pradesh. In the five-page letter, he claimed that Andhra Pradesh was allegedly engaged in a scam to the tune of Rs 35,141 crore in the land acquisition process, pointing out the misappropriation of thousands of crores of public funds by the YSRC government.
Accusing the Jagan Mohan Reddy government of illegal land acquisition, Pawan Kalyan asserted that it had been consistently inconsistent in reporting the number of house sites distributed to women beneficiaries, the extent of land acquired, and the amount of money spent for the purpose, presenting conflicting numbers regularly. He highlighted that, despite the Jagan regime claiming to construct 30 lakh houses for the poor, government records show the construction taking place in 17,005 housing colonies.
Pawan Kalyan stated, "The YSRC government in Andhra Pradesh launched the 'Pedalandariki Illu' (houses for all poor) scheme with the promise of constructing over 30 lakh houses across the state. As a first step, it sought to distribute house sites (one cent each in rural and 1.5 cents in urban) to as many as 29,51,858 (women) beneficiaries. In reality, however, only 21,87,985 women were eventually given house site pattas (title deeds). While 28,554.64 acres of government land was converted into house sites, another 25,374.66 acres was purportedly acquired from private persons."
