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Actor gives 32 acres of land for Gannavaram airport

Krishnam Raju has given 32 acres of valuable land for expansion of Gannavaram airport.

Vijayawada: Film hero U. Krishnam Raju has given 32 acres of valuable land for expansion of Gannavaram airport. Mr Raju purchased the land long ago. In-charge collector Gandham Chandrudu said as many as 475 land owners have come forward to give 494.22 acres of land so far and that Mr Krishnam Raju was one among them.

The government has planned to acquire 1,229 acres from 926 landowners. He said that the government would pay the compensation to all the land owners on the lines of Amaravati capital city land pooling package. As part of it, the government would give a house site in 1,000 square yards and commercial land in 200 square yards for each acre. An amount of Rs 50,000 would be given as lease amount to landowners within 15 days of giving consent to the state.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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