Hyderabad: Farmers have filed a police complaint against TS Transco for entering their fields and setting up towers without permission.
Farmers’ Federation with farmers from Farooqnagar, Kesampet, Talakondapalli and other mandals of Mahbubnagar district led by Mr P Chengal Reddy along with advocates, filed a criminal complaint with Shadnagar police.
“Transco is constructing 400 KV transmission towers and lines without getting consent of land owner-farmers or due authorisation from the Mahabunagar collector,” Mr Chengal Reddy said.
Transco has to get written authorisation from the collector to enter any farmer’s land. It must pay compensation fixed by the collector. Earlier it had paid compensation to land owners in Shan-karpally in Ranga Reddy district in 2014.
Mr Chengal Reddy alleged that Transco was resorting to intimidation and not following Supreme Court rulings. The current 400 KV transmission line is on a 100km-stretch from Farooqnagar to Amangal in Mahbubnagar.
- Compensation under lines: Rs: 10 lakh per acre Total Rs: 100 crore in Mahbubnagar for one transmission line
- Approximate lines constructed in Telangana since 2007 Electricity Rules 2007 is equal 8,000KM and
- Farmers Land used at the rate of 10 acers per KM=80,000 acers
- Since 2007, Estimated compensation not paid to farmers at the rate of Rs: 5 Lakhs: Total Rs. 4000 crore.
