Officials told to expedite land acquisition for rly line

Narasaraopet: Palnadu district collector Krithika Shukla directed officials to expedite the land acquisition process for the construction of the new Namburu–Errupalem broad-gauge railway line.

She reviewed the progress of land acquisition, collection of consent forms from farmers and completion of Form-V through a video conference with officials from the Collectorate on Thursday.

She examined the land details required for the railway line in Endrayi, Karlapudi and Vaikuntapuram villages of Amaravathi mandal, along with the collection of Form-I consent forms from farmers and the status of pending Form-V documentation.

A total of 119.6125 acres of land is required in the three villages. Form-I consent has been obtained for 105.09 acres, and the consent process for 4.52 acres is still pending.

Similarly, the Form-V process has been completed for 91.83 acres. The documentation for another 13.315 acres remains pending. Out of the total 256 farmers, consent has been obtained from 245 farmers, and Form-V documentation has been completed for 210 farmers.

Krithika Shukla directed the officials concerned to coordinate and resolve pending revenue issues, land surveys, mutations, inheritance disputes and other legal matters related to land acquisition.

She instructed the officials of the concerned departments to work in close coordination to avoid delays in the land acquisition process and complete the pending consent forms and Form-V documentation at the earliest. Revenue officials concerned participated in the video conference.

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