Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Polit Bureau member Kalava Srinivasulu on Saturday questioned the State government’s policy of pooling 15,000 acres of lands for the solar power project to be set up by the Adani Group in Rayadurg mandal of Anantapur district.
“The State government is not standing as guarantor for the payment of lease amount,” Mr. Srinivasulu said while addressing the media here on Saturday.
Showing documents, including a G.O. dated September 13, that purportedly did not say anything about the guarantee for the farmers on the annual lease rental of ₹30,000 from the developer, Mr. Srinivasulu said, “It is unfortunate that the State government has not involved the Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation Private Limited, specially floated for the purpose as a joint venture with the Centre, but handed over the responsibility to the NREDCAP, a relatively small organisation with no experience in such land pooling and grounding of projects of this magnitude.”
