The land records purification exercise in 379 of the total 380 revenue villages in the district has been completed successfully, subsequent to which land records pertaining to 9,00,057 acres, out of 10,71,108 acres have been updated, said Collector D. S. Lokesh Kumar.
8,15,622 acres were agricultural lands, 37,619 acres were non-agricultural lands and 10,381 acres were government lands, he said, adding that new pattadar passbooks would be issued to the land-owners from March 11.
Addressing the gathering at the 69th Republic Day ceremony at the Police Parade Grounds here on Friday, the Collector said as many as 6.64 lakh survey numbers of the total 7,03,348 survey numbers in the district were verified and cleared during the 90-day massive process of field verification of land records that began on September 15 last year.
The whole exercise was aimed at ensuring input subsidy to the genuine farmers, he asserted.
On the progress of the Mission Bhagiratha project work, he said trial runs in Wyra and Palair segments of the mega drinking water project were already conducted to provide piped drinking water to 832 habitations. Safe drinking water would be provided to each household through taps from Ugadi festival onwards, he said. He gave a detailed account of the ongoing developmental activities in irrigation, road infrastructure and other fronts besides explaining in detail about the implementation of various welfare initiatives.
Students from various educational institutions presented impressive cultural programmes in the spirit of patriotism and national integration. A school student dressed up like Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao hogged the limelight during the cultural ceremony.
At Kothagudem
In Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, Collector Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu hoisted the national flag after inspecting the parade contingents at the Republic Day ceremony held in Kothagudem. Speaking on the occasion, he said the process of acquiring 1000 acres of land for the ₹7926-crore Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project has already been completed. Work on pump houses for the project at B .G. Kothuru, Pusugudem and Kamalapuram are progressing at a fast pace. The project would bring over 9.36 lakh acres under irrigation. He dwelt at length on the implementation of welfare schemes meant for tribals and other weaker sections.
