KTR Demands Full Compensation For Velugumatla Victims
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and the Congress government of behaving like a “real estate mafia” and using the pretext of development by turning a blind eye to the demolition of houses of poor and middle-class families, as seen recently in Velugumatla village in Khammam district.
Addressing a press conference, Rama Rao demanded an apology from the government to all 1,100 families whose houses were destroyed in the village and added that nothing short of full compensation for the total losses suffered by the families would be accepted by the BRS.
“If the houses were illegal and demolished, then why is the government rushing to build new houses for the people there? So why does the government say it will only compensate 311 of the 1,100 families who lost their homes?” Rama Rao asked.
He said every family should be given a new house and not just in smaller plots or smaller Indiramma houses. Their losses must be fully compensated. “When we come to power again, we will order a comprehensive investigation of the matter and punish those responsible for the destruction,” he said.
He said the land on which the houses are located is Bhoodan land and the beneficiaries were given pattas many years ago and most families have been living there for more than a decade.
