322 Farmers Get Pattadar Passbooks After Decades

Tirupati: A decades-old land records issue in Pothireddipalem village of Kovur mandal in Nellore district moved towards resolution on Friday, with 322 farmers receiving new pattadar passbooks.

Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy distributed the passbooks after inaugurating a Village Health Centre built at a cost of Rs 36 lakh.

Addressing the gathering, the MLA said several farming families had been cultivating their land for years without pattadar passbooks. She said the issue was taken up with the government, which facilitated the issuance of the documents.

Prashanthi Reddy thanked Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad for their support. She said about 140 applications were still pending and expressed confidence that they would be cleared soon.

The MLA said the coalition government had repealed the Land Titling Act introduced by the previous government, addressing concerns raised by farmers.

She said development and welfare works worth about Rs 770 crore had been taken up in the Kovur Assembly constituency over the past two years, while nearly Rs 10 crore had been disbursed to around 1,000 beneficiaries under the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

Referring to the long-pending sugar factory issue, she said discussions with the Chief Minister and officials were under way to find a permanent solution.

Prashanthi Reddy also said the proposed Kisan SEZ at Kodavalur was expected to attract investments of around Rs 15,000 crore and generate employment for local youth.

She appealed to people to utilise the free eye-care services offered by the VPR Foundation, which is conducting eye screening camps at Chundugunta and providing free spectacles to those in need.