Hyderabad: Tension mounted in CM’s home district Medak with agitations and counter-agitations over land acquisition for the Mallannasagar reservoir intensifying with each passing day. On Saturday farmers and villagers in Etigadda Kistapur attacked TRS MPTC Prathap Reddy, alleging that he was helping with the government acquire land. The farmers damaged his car and set his crops on fire.
The construction has divided villagers facing submergence in Medak and those elsewhere that want a solution to their water problems. A large police force has been deployed in Medak and surrounding districts to prevent any untoward incidents. Congress MLA Jivan Reddy demanded a judicial commission to set a framework for compensation to the farmers. Irrigation minister T. Harish Rao said, “We are offering higher compensation than in the Land Acquisition Act. As per existing rate, they won’t get even Rs 3 lakh per acre as per the Act but we are offering them up to Rs 10 lakh besides a 2BHK house.”
