Pawan Kalyan Orders Probe Into Mangalam Peta Forest Encroachment
Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan directs strict action and transparency against forest land grab, linked to former Forest Minister.
An exclusive aerial survey has revealed 76.74 acres of illegal encroachment inside the protected Mangalam Peta forest lands in the Eastern Ghats, reportedly linked to former Forest Minister and senior leader Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy.
Pawan Kalyan instructed officials to publish the names of all forest land encroachers on the department website and to disclose the extent of encroachment along with the status of cases against each individual. He emphasized taking strict legal action against anyone involved in forest land grabbing, without exception, and directed a thorough investigation into discrepancies in land records, including inflated Webland entries and false claims of “ancestral land” within protected forest areas. The Deputy CM also called for officials to act based on vigilance reports and guidance from legal experts, and to digitize all land records to prevent manipulation and ensure complete transparency.