The Telangana Government has decided to withdraw the Lagacharla land acquisition notification. The government issued orders on Friday withdrawing the notification for acquiring 632 acres from 580 farmers to establish Pharma Village in the Lagacharla village of Dudyala mandal in Vikarabad district.
The government issued the notification on August 1 and had also placed advertisements in the media. However, it is learnt that the government is going to issue a new notification for acquiring land to establish an industrial park at the same place.
It may be recalled that Lagacharla witnessed violence when the Vikarabad Collector Pratheek Jain went to Lagacharla to conduct a public hearing in connection with acquiring land for the Pharma Village.
The incident created a sensation as the village is located in Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s constituency Kodangal.
Farmers had been opposing land acquisition for the Pharma Village in Lagacharla and five other villages. Vikarabad Collector Pratheek Jain and other officials went to Lagacharla village recently to conduct a public hearing.
However, the villagers tried to attack the Collector, Additional Collector Lingya Naik, Sub-Collector Uma Shankar Prasad and Kodangal Area Development Authority (KADA) Special Officer Venkat Reddy with sticks and stones.
The Collector and Additional Collector managed to escape without injuries. However, KADA Special Officer Venkat Reddy was seriously injured. DSP Srinivas Reddy, who tried to protect Venkat Reddy, also was injured in the attack. The villagers destroyed the windshields of the cars of almost all the officials.
The police filed cases against several villagers including former Kodangal MLA Patnam Narender Reddy and sent them to jail.
Opposition leaders from the BJP and Communist parties visited Lagacharla. The Communist leaders met the Chief Minister and appealed to him to withdraw the land acquisition notification.
It is learnt that the government is thinking of issuing a new notification to acquire lands for an industrial park thinking that farmers will give lands for that without any complaint.
The government thinks that there would not be any pollution if non-pharma companies are allowed and is also thinking of giving priority to textile companies which can provide more jobs. It is learnt that the government is going to release a new notification for land acquisition for the industrial park soon.
The government withdrew the Lagacharla land acquisition notification as per Section 93 of the Land Acquisition Act–2013. Vikarabad Collector Pratheek Jain announced that the move to acquire land has been cancelled after a public hearing.
