<p>In a meeting convened at the travellers’ bungalow here on Thursday, farmers categorically opposed any measure to acquire their land for the proposed project. <br /><br />Farmers’ leader Yaluvalli Ramesh said land has already been acquired for construction of district offices’ complex in Anakanur and Patrenahali villages and farmers cannot cede their land anymore. <br /><br />Deccan Herald had published a report on the project in the edition dated June 30, 2011.<br /><br />Ramesh said people in the two villages depend on farming for livelihood. Borewells had been sunk to a depth of 1,500 feet in the fertile farm land where grape, mango and mulberry are being grown. <br /><br />Agriculture would get a fillip once a permanent irrigation project is implemented for the district. “Hence farmers won’t part with land for any amount of money as compensation,” the farmer leader said.<br /><br />Farmers will stage a protest march on July 4 demanding to withdraw the proposed acquisition, added Yaluvalli Ramesh.<br /><br />According to sources the district administration has been contemplating to acquire 20 acres for the court complex near the district offices’ complex now under construction.</p>
<p>In a meeting convened at the travellers’ bungalow here on Thursday, farmers categorically opposed any measure to acquire their land for the proposed project. <br /><br />Farmers’ leader Yaluvalli Ramesh said land has already been acquired for construction of district offices’ complex in Anakanur and Patrenahali villages and farmers cannot cede their land anymore. <br /><br />Deccan Herald had published a report on the project in the edition dated June 30, 2011.<br /><br />Ramesh said people in the two villages depend on farming for livelihood. Borewells had been sunk to a depth of 1,500 feet in the fertile farm land where grape, mango and mulberry are being grown. <br /><br />Agriculture would get a fillip once a permanent irrigation project is implemented for the district. “Hence farmers won’t part with land for any amount of money as compensation,” the farmer leader said.<br /><br />Farmers will stage a protest march on July 4 demanding to withdraw the proposed acquisition, added Yaluvalli Ramesh.<br /><br />According to sources the district administration has been contemplating to acquire 20 acres for the court complex near the district offices’ complex now under construction.</p>
