Farmers in the Anantapur district have opposed the proposed acquisition of 66 acres of land and the loss of 334 houses, without holding a grama sabha and consulting the aggrieved farmers, for the expansion of National Highway No. 544D from Anantapur to Guntur.
The road will travel 69 km in Anantapur district before it enters Kurnool district.
Notification for the project was given by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in June 2018, but there was no progress till now, and officials began the survey exercise this week. The farmers are up in arms against the government for not discussing it with them in grama sabhas and fixing the compensation properly for the houses they are likely to lose.
