The CM also wanted the officials to get busy with handing over relief announced by him to farmers affected by the recent hailstorm.
Published Mar 28, 2023 | 10:16 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 28, 2023 | 10:21 PM
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao held a meeting at Pragathi Bhavan. (Supplied)
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao on Tuesday, 28 March, said that he would soon announce the date for the distribution of pattas for podu lands to tribals.
The chief minister. while reviewing the status at a meeting with officials at his official residence Pragathi Bhavan, said that the pattas would be distributed to eligible beneficiaries.
He said that Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari told him that the administration was ready with the patta books.
She told him that the passbooks for pattas for 4 lakh acres were ready for distribution to 1.55 lakh tribals.
Distribution of patta passbooks to the tribals has been hanging fire for years, which has led to frequent clashes between the Forest Department officials and the tribals over the ownership of the lands they have been cultivating.
The chief minister, in another decision, cleared the proposal for the celebration of Ram Navami at Bhadrachalam temple on 30 March.
The government took the decision as, for the last two years, no funds could be released as the state was in a financial straitjacket due to Covid-19.
పంట నష్టం, పోడు భూములు, గొర్రెల పంపకం, పేదలకు ఇండ్ల నిర్మాణానికి ఆర్థిక సాయం.. తదితర అంశాలపై మంగళవారం నాడు ప్రగతి భవన్ లో సీఎం కేసీఆర్ సమీక్షా సమావేశం నిర్వహించారు…https://t.co/ZonRKFZFTe
— BRS Party (@BRSparty) March 28, 2023
The chief minister asked the officials to take steps to provide ₹3 lakh cash to those who had house sites for the construction of houses.
He asked the chief secretary to prepare guidelines for the release of funds to the beneficiaries.
He also wanted officials to get cracking with the second phase of the distribution of sheep to beneficiaries.
He said that the programme should begin soon and, at present, the procurement of sheep was taking place under the supervision of the district collectors concerned.
The chief minister wanted the officials to pull up their socks and get busy with handing over the relief amounts announced by him to farmers affected by the recent hailstorm.
He asked the officials to release ₹10,000 per acre to each farmer affected by natural calamities as early as possible.
He asked Agriculture Department Principal Secretary M Raghunandan Rao to take immediate action.
He also asked them to ensure that the compensation money was transferred to the farmers’ bank accounts.
He wanted the officials to ask the collectors to send reports clusters-wise on the damage done to the crops.
