Adilabad: Giving huge relief to tribal podu cultivators who are getting pattas, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Friday instructed Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests R.M. Rao was speaking at an event after formally distributing podu pattas to some tribals at a function after inaugurating the integrated district offices complex in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district. …
Hyderabad: Forest department officials, along with those from tribal welfare, as well as district collectors who have been involved in vetting applications for podu land pattas, were urged to strictly follow the provisions in the Recognition of Forest Rights Act of 2005 while approving applications. The FGG, which has filed a PIL in the High Court over the issue of …