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The Giri Vikasam scheme, an ambitious initiative of the State government, aims to boost sustainable agricultural development among Scheduled Tribes across Telangana
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Telangana CM KCR distributes the Podu Land Pattas to the tribes of the Kumuram Bheem district.
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Pattas were given covering an area of 1, 51, 195 acres spread in 717 habitations of 313 gram panchayats in 21 mandals of five Assembly constituencies in Kothagudem
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Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will formally launch the distribution of land titles (pattas) for podu lands in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday
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66,004 applications submitted seeking rights over forest lands measuring 2.27 lakh acres in composite Adilabad district
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MLC said that the cabinet sub-committee set up to solve the podu land issue has already handed over the complete details to the CM.
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Gram sabhas should be convened immediately to record the resolutions, he said.
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The collector, who held a meeting with officials in this regard on Thursday, asked them to conduct a field survey to identify podu lands.
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Warangal: With the State government’s commitment to resolve the contentious issue of podu lands, the Tribal Welfare department in coordination with the Forest, Revenue, and Panchayat Raj departments, has begun a survey of podu lands in Mahabubabad, Mulugu, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Warangal and Hanamkonda districts carved out of the erstwhile Warangal district. Though the survey is […]
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Nalgonda: Tribals tried to attack forest department officials who went to Erracheruvu thanda of Tirumalgiri (Sagar) mandal to plant saplings in podu lands, which sparked tension there on Sunday. Knowing that forest officials were planting saplings in the podu lands, which was being cultivated by their families for over 50 years, tribals including women reached […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP State leadership on Sunday discussed key issues including organizational structure of the party, third phase of Praja Sangrama Yatra by party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on August 2 and podu lands problem of adivasis and tribals. The party under the leadership of BJP Telangana State affairs in-charge Tarun Chugh and Sanjay […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday urged Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to resolve problems pertaining to podu lands in the State during revenue sadassus to be conducted this month and render justice to farmers. In a letter to the Chief Minister, he said the State government should come up with […]
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Mancherial: Collector Bharati Hollikeri said that the identification of forest lands, used for cultivation, was carried out with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) to ensure accuracy. She was speaking at a programme meant for training foresters, land surveyors over identification of podu lands here on Friday. Bharati said that the district so far […]
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Adilabad: The much anticipated visit of Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to Adilabad, has been cancelled due to bad weather conditions. However, the 146th birth anniversary celebrations of Birsa Munda are going to be held at Keslapur village in Indervelli mandal on Monday. A member of national commission for Scheduled Tribes Anantha Naik will be chief guest […]
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Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Sunday said that the State government was making sincere efforts to find a permanent solution to the podu lands issue in the State. An all-party meeting chaired by the District Collector Prashant Jeevan Patil was conducted on podu lands issue at his chamber at the district collectorate of […]
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Jayashankar Bhupalapally: District Collector Bhavesh Mishra has directed the authorities concerned to take steps to receive applications in order from the ‘podu’ farmers through Gram Sabhas to provide RoFR title deeds for podu lands from November 8 to 12 in the district. An awareness programme for the district and mandal level officials on receiving claims […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday said that it will begin the process of accepting claims from tribals to settle the long-pending Podu land issue from November 8 and end by December 8. Village committees will be formed as per the Recognition of Forest Rights (ROFR) Act to receive the claims. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday instructed officials to accept claims from tribals and others from November 8 to December 8 for podu cultivation. Village committees should be constituted as per Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) Act after convening preparatory meetings at various levels before November 8, he said. The Chief Minister was […]
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Hyderabad: Forest Department will launch an action plan and invite applications from eligible tribals in third week of October to address the Podu lands issue in the State. As announced in the State Legislative Assembly recently, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao directed the officials to initiate necessary measures immediately in this regard. The land survey […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao reiterated that the State government was committed to resolve the Podu lands issue on a permanent basis. Accordingly, the government will invite claims from tribal farmers after Dasara. Responding to the requests from the Opposition parties in the Assembly on Tuesday, he stated that of about six lakh acres […]