Farmers of Amaravati and members of Amaravati Rajadhani Ikya Karyacharana Samithi (JAC) on Tuesday urged the AP Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) to give them complete information on the position of the lands given the erstwhile government in the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) for construction of a new capital city of the State.
In a representation made to the CRDA Commissioner, they raised concerns over reports appearing the media about the CRDA pledging certain lands under LPS in favour of HUDCO to release the earlier mortgaged land. They said they wanted to know if these loans were used exclusively for construction of the capital city or diverted for other welfare schemes of the government.
They said all construction activity at the capital region was abruptly stopped and absence of any monitoring of the unfinished buildings had given ample scope for theft of the construction material such as steel, gravel, metal, black soil, sand and even furniture and various fittings. Lack of supervision had also led to unauthorized occupation of the lands.
