VIJAYAWADA: The state govt has decided to depute special teams to capital city villages in order to complete registration of plots by farmers under the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS).
The govt is of the view that delay in completion of registration process is creating more litigations and hurdles to the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) in taking up developmental work. The govt has already given green signal to CRDA to kick-start various development works in the capital city area to make Amaravati visible.
The govt is equally keen to create promised infrastructure in the LPS layouts as soon as possible to make farmers reap benefits of the city.
The CRDA found that about 33 percent of farmers who parted their land for Amaravati are yet to get their plots registered from the CRDA.
The CRDA has so far registered about 43,000 plots of the total 64,000 plots granted under Land Pooling Scheme (LPS). Registrations did not pick up pace in the last one month even after TDP-led NDA formed the govt.
“About 21,067 plots are pending for registration. We will depute special teams to meet farmers and ensure the early completion of registration process to avoid legal complications,” said a senior official.
He said registration of plot would give farmers all rights promised by the govt as part of the LPS scheme. Sources said that the registration process of several hundreds of plots was stalled due to court cases between family members.
The officials would explore options to resolve issues and complete registrations wherever it is possible because registration of plots is equally important for the govt to take over the LPS land parted by the individual farmer.
The CRDA legal team is of the view that the capital region authority could not take complete rights over the land parted by the farmer as long as it transferred the rights on the plots granted to the farmer. They are of the view that the process would be completed only when the farmers take their plots back. Since the govt is keen to initiate various projects with allotment of land to govt and private firms, the CRDA wanted to bring the farmers plots registration process to closure.
The farmers who were in a hurry to complete registrations a little before the elections, are now waiting after TDP came to power. “While 36 plots were registered in March, 16 plots were registered in April. Similarly, 18 plots were handed over to farmers in May. However, the number dipped to six and eight in June and July,” said an official.
