After 60 years, Sarvepalli canal evacuees to get permanent pattas
Residents displaced 60 years ago for the Sarvepalli canal project are finally set to receive permanent land titles (pattas) following a state cabinet decision. The move resolves a long-standing issue of housing insecurity for over 2,600 families.
Why it matters
This represents a significant administrative resolution to a decades-old social issue, providing legal security to vulnerable populations.
After nearly six decades of uncertainty, residents displaced for the construction of the Sarvepalli canal are set to receive permanent pattas for their rehabiliation sites.
The State Cabinet, which met at Amaravati on Thursday gave its nod to the proposal to provide permanent pattas to the evacuees who had given up their land for the Sarvepalli canal project.
As the news broke, residents living along the canal bund celebrated resulting in a festival atmosphere.
It may be recalled that Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Ponguru Narayana had given an assurance a month back to the residents that permanent pattas would be issued soon.
He brought the revenue, irrigation and municipal officials together to work out a final and lasting solution to the long-pending problem that had created a sense of uncertainty among the residents for nearly six decades.
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