Villagers refuse to give up their lands for highway
KARIMNAGAR: Farmers of as many as seven villages in the district are not willing to give up their lands for the construction of National Highway-563 (NH-563) and the subsequent bypass road in Huzurabad mandal.
On Wednesday, farmers of Kandugula, Peddapapaiahpalli, Rampur, Rangapur, Kothapalli, Singapur and Sirsapalli villages in Karimnagar district submitted a memorandum, along with their signatures, to the District Collector stating their disagreement to give up their farmlands.
Due to assured water supply from Kaleshwaram Lifted Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), SRSP, canals and local water bodies, every year, farmers cultivate three crops. The construction of the highway threatens their livelihood, and farmers expressed the same in strong words in their memorandum.
