Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday announced that ₹5 lakh financial package would be given to the farmers who parted with their lands for the Polavaram irrigation project prior to the enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
Accompanied by Union Minister for Jal Shakthi Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Mr. Jagan said that those who parted with their lands during the regime of his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, for the Polavaram irrigation project, would be paid ₹5 lakh per acre.
Addressing a gathering of displaced families during the inspection of the Indukuru resettlement and rehabilitation colony in Devipatnam Mandal, Mr. Jagan reminded that he was still committed to his promise to offer the ₹5 lakh land package.
