Telangana: Villagers in Kothagudem pass resolution rejecting Indiramma houses

While there were 60 eligible families, only four houses allotted to residents of Ramannagudem gram panchayat in the district

Kothagudem: Exposing arbitrary implementation of the Indiramma Housing Scheme, residents and members of the Indiramma Committee of a village in the district have passed a resolution rejecting allotment of houses to the village.

The incident took place in Ramannagudem gram panchayat of Aswaraopet mandal. It was said that while there were 200 families in the village, 60 families did not have houses. After identifying 20 families as eligible, the authorities announced a list and only four families were allotted houses.

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The Indiramma Committee members held a meeting with the villagers to protest against the government for granting only four houses. Committee members Korsa Prasad, Rachakonda Bangaram, K Udaykumar and Naram Kumari said they had discussed the matter together and unanimously passed a resolution refusing allotment of those four houses.

They wanted the government to grant houses to the 60 eligible families while warning that villagers would not accept the allotment of four houses. The villagers led by former Sarpanch Swaroopa along with Indiramma Committee members also staged a dharna on the Aswaraopet-Ramannagudem main road demanding to sanction houses to every eligible poor person.

In a similar protest in Chandugonda mandal’s Maddukur village the residents took to the streets alleging that Indiramma houses were not granted to the eligible families, but only to the leaders of the ruling Congress party. The villagers said while Indiramma houses were granted to 42 families in the village, most of them were ineligible. Injustice was meted out to the poor persons who did not have houses. If the eligible persons were not granted houses, a complaint would be made to the district Collector, warned the villagers Rayala Durga, Rajamma, Paddam Jaya and others.