The allotment of residential and commercial plots to farmers who gave away their lands for the capital of Amaravati smacks of a big racket, as those who were closer to TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu could get plots in the prime areas of Amaravati and the poor farmers got the plots only in the peripheries.
This was pointed out by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. He said the so-called lottery system in the allotment of plots was completely faulty and there was some big racket in it.
For example, TDP leader Payyavula Keshav and sitting MLA Dhulipalla Narendra were given 12000 sq yards plots in Kodandaramarajupalem. The plot has roads on all four sides and is located between two commercial zones.
Similarly, Minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy's son Venkata Krishna Kishore was allotted 2420 yards in Nelapadu. The plot is close to the Seed Office Road and near a Government Commercial Complex.
Speaker Kodela Sivaprasad's PA Gutta Lalith Kumar secured 2280 sq yards of plum land in Velagapudi. Vinukonda MLA Anjaneyulu's daughter Lakshmi Soujanya was given 9720 sq yards of land near Seed Access Road and commercial plots.
"If all houses are allotted through pick of the lots, how come only TDP leaders and their acolytes were allotted plots in prime locations? The same gave was played in the zonation of the capital area land.
The farmers' lands were kept in agricultural zones so that they cannot sell their lands. But, the lands belonging to the TDP leaders are kept in the commercial zone so that the prices of these lands goes up enormously," he said and added that the farmers were being taken for a ride in the capital area.
