Land acquisition resisted as TS ignores rehab plans
THE FARMERS and locals are obstructing the acquisition by holding rallies and demonstrations often leading to violent incidents.
The process of land acquisition for various projects in Telangana has been facing stiff resistance from farmers and locals with the state government and officials not laying much focus on the Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) package to the displaced as promised before the acquisition.
The government issued land acquisition notifications to undertake various irrigation projects, industrial parks and other development programmes like construction of medical colleges, hospitals etc, during the past few months. However, the farmers and locals are obstructing the acquisition process by holding protest rallies and demonstrations often leading to violent incidents.
Farmers and their family members are worried over their future, looking at the plight of the displaced who lost their lands to various projects earlier and are facing severe hardships after the government had failed to fulfil the promises made to them. The state government is developing rehabilitation colonies for the displaced and providing them with 2BHK houses for the poor. But the poor quality of these 2BHKs, which are getting damaged within months of their occupation, is inviting the wrath of farmers and prompting others to obstruct land acquisition.
For instance, 16 villages were evacuated for the construction of Mallanna Sagar project in Siddipet district which is part of Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. The government provided a free 2BHK house besides 250 sq. yards of plot in Gajwel to each of the displaced.
During the eight hours of grilling by the Central investigation agency, she had faced a volley of questions regarding drugs sale, international stay and funds transferred to foreign countries. The law enforcement agency is primarily dealing with the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Telangana prohibition and excise department in 2017 under NDPS Act. The focus of the Central agency is primarily regarding the illegal financial transactions
unlike the prohibition and excise department whose main concern was excessive drug abuse among the bigwigs of Tollywood.
Earlier, excise officials, in the charge sheet filed, revealed that high-end
drugs such as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and MDM (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) came from abroad like Germany and the UK. Further probe revealed the narcotic drugs were procured by placing orders through the dark net and delivered by courier. This is where the ED entered into the scene, investigating how the money was transferred to the drug peddlers and any other suspicious transactions.