Telangana: Farmers up in arms against land survey for Mamnoor airport in Warangal

Farmers were losing 175 acres as part of the acquisition for the airport. They are also insisting that the highway should pass near their villages as it would increase the land values further and facilitate transport connectivity

WARANGAL: Within days of the Central government giving clearance for the Mamnoor airport, farmers are up in arms against the land acquisition survey for the airport.

Demanding justice from the State government, the farmers, especially women, staged a protest on the Nakkalapally road near the airport on Tuesday. Sensing trouble, police deployed teams at the protest site.

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Videos of the farmers staging protests and raising voices against the government are going viral in different social media platforms.

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“One acre values at least Rs 4 crore to 5 crore in this region and the government should extend compensation as per the value,” a farmer at the protest site said.

There is no official announcement from the State government so far. While Forest Minister Konda Surekha assured that market value compensation or similar land would be allocated, local MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy came up with a different version, the farmers fumed.

Farmers were losing 175 acres as part of the acquisition for the airport. They are also insisting that the highway should pass near their villages as it would increase the land values further and facilitate transport connectivity.

The farmers are against the closure of the Nakkalapally road as well. They said that Nakkalapally, Gunturpally and Nekkonda road from Gavicharla crossroads was being closed under the land acquisition for the airport. Once the road was closed, the villagers would face a lot of difficulties, they argued.

Already, 690 acres was allotted to Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the past. However, the increased infrastructure requirements, especially establishing new runways and terminals, required additional 280 acres.

Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu had said the AAI was keen to execute the airport works. The works would be completed in two and half years, subject to the task of completing land acquisition by the State government and handing over the same to AAI, he said on Sunday.