Over 28,000 families get land ownership rights after decades of wait in Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu distributed land ownership rights to 28,445 families in Visakhapatnam, regularizing 399 acres of land valued at ₹8,874 crore. This initiative, 'Pedalaku Pattabhishekam', aims to provide legal rights and enable beneficiaries to use their properties for loans, with plans to regularize lands for another 22,000 families facing legal and administrative issues.
Why it matters
This provides legal security and economic empowerment to thousands of families who previously lacked ownership rights, allowing them to access financial services and secure their future. It also highlights government efforts to address long-standing land disputes and improve living conditions for its citizens.
Ending decades-long wait for ownership rights over lands, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday distributed regularisation pattas / conveyance deeds to 28,445 families spread across 11 mandals in Visakhapatnam district.
The land regularised under the programme, ‘Pedalaku Pattabhishekam’, covers 399 acres (or 19,33,853 square yards), with an estimated registration value of ₹8,874 crore.
Addressing a large gathering of beneficiaries at the AU Engineering College Grounds here, Mr. Naidu assured that the government would take steps to also regularise the lands of another 22,000 families, who were awaiting pattas due to various legal and administrative issues
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