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CM KCR grants podu land pattas to 1.5 lakh tribal farmers.
As soon as land titles were issued, Chief Minister KCR ordered the Tribal Welfare Department and District Collectors to assist each beneficiary in opening a bank account to receive the Rythu Bandhu benefit.
On Thursday, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said tribal farmers in 2,845 towns would be given pattas for 4,01,405 acres of podu land.
During the Collectors' Conference, the Chief Minister reviewed the plans for giving out podu land pattas from June 24 to June 30. He said that 1,50,224 tribal farmers would gain from the issue of pattas.
He wanted the Tribal Welfare Department and the District Collectors to help open bank accounts in the names of each recipient as soon as the land titles were given so that the Rythu Bandhu aid could also be sent immediately.
