Freedom Party leader Sadasiva Rao urges CM Chandrababu Naidu to address Polavaram R&R issues

VIJAYAWADA: Freedom Party Joint Convener of Guntur District, Sadasiva Rao urged Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to address the ongoing hardships faced by families displaced by the Polavaram Project in the rehabilitation colonies of Bojjarayagudem in Kunavaram mandal.

Freedom Party leader Sadasiva Rao highlighted the lack of proper rehabilitation and resettlement for these displaced families, urging the Chief Minister to make it a top priority.

According to Sadasiva Rao, the colony set up in 2016 was flooded, prompting the relocation of residents to another village, Rayannapeta. However, in 2022, this new colony was also flooded.

Sadasiva Rao also raised concerns about the cutoff date for the Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) package, which was set as December 16, 2016. He noted that requests to include families displaced just after this date had been ignored.

As the package has yet to be implemented, the Left leader called for its revision in line with current market rates.

Sadasiva Rao urged the government to reconsider the eligibility cutoff, as nine years have passed since the package was first announced without implementation.