Oustees uncertain of getting balance amounts

No official clarity on actual amounts paid per acre

“All the farmers who lost their lands will be paid equal compensation and there will be no discrimination. You need not worry about this,” officials had assured the oustees of Mallannasagar during the initial days of land acquisition. Some of the farmers who sold their land to the government for ₹5.85 lakh per acre received an additional ₹15,000 per acre later. Unfortunately, the assurance was confined to that extent only. The oustees of Vemulaghat, one of the submerged villages of Toguta mandal, were reportedly paid ₹ 11 lakh though they were promised ₹ 11.5 lakh per acre. It is an open secret that they were paid this amount, which neither the receiver (oustee) nor the payer (officials) is ready to confirm. Some of the oustees of Vemulaghat said that they were promised an additional ₹ 50,000 by late minister Ch. Muthyam Reddy but after his demise there was no one to keep the promise. In the case of Toguta, the locals say that they were promised, within four walls, ₹ 13 lakh per acre for about 42 acres of land that was required for digging a canal for third tmcft from Kaleshwaram, however, only ₹ 8 lakh was paid so far.