Telangana Congress party has submitted a memorandum to Governor ESL Narasimhan seeking his intervention in the Mallanna Sagar irrigation project in Medak district, which had triggered massive protests.
TPCC President Uttam Kumar Reddy told reporters that We requested Governor’s intervention as the first citizen of the state on forcible land acquisition and other issues. The state government is going unilaterally on the project without considering the hardships being faced by poor people there. He further alleged that The TRS government is misleading the High Court.
While they informed the court that they will not forcibly acquire land for the project but in reality, they are forcing people to part with their land. We have informed the same to the Governor,” Reddy said. He clarified that T-Congress party does not oppose construction of irrigation or power projects but objects to the methods employed by the state government for acquiring land.
He also alleged that prohibitory orders are in force in some villages in vicinity of the project area for the past several days creating problems for villagers.