Farmers from three villages in Siddipet district will finally get a compensation of ₹13 lakh an acre for the land being acquired by the State Government to dig canals from the river Godavari to Mallannasagar reservoir, which is part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) in Siddipet district.
According to sources, the State Government had acquired 292 acres from Tukkapur, Ghanapur and Bandarupally villages in Toguta mandal of Siddipet district and paid them ₹8 lakh an acre. The farmers, however, termed it insufficient and had been waging a legal battle for a higher compensation in the past two years, during which they had also stalled the canal construction several times.
The issue was finally brought to the notice of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who reportedly agreed to pay the sum as demanded by the farmers, and this was communicated to the court within the State land acquisition authority.
