KHAMMAM: Neither forest nor profits authorities are returning from their stand on the podu land concern in Khammam and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts. Profits authorities carried out gram sabhas and fixed the applications on podu lands. They are not even troubling about the lack of the forest beat officer and his remarks in clearing the applications. The MPDOs, who are participating in as nodal officers, are clearing the applications and forwarding them to SDLCs (sub-divisional level committees). Gram sabhas were kept in Rajabalinagar, M. Palle Chintagurthi, Donabanda and Lachiramthanda in Raghunadhapalem mandal on Friday. Forest beat officers Jyothi, Satyakrishna and Ravi had to participate in, the gram sabhas finished the work in their lack. Forest beat officers should make remarks on the type on thirteen concerns. The candidate needs to send 2 individuals as proofs while declaring the forest land under podu growing. This ought to be supported by files like costs relating to sale of the farm produce from the specific land and eyewitnesses of above 93 years’ individuals, tilling the candidate’s land for the last 75 years. Paradoxically, the applications have actually been okayed without the remarks of the forest beat officers. Forest workers took out a rally from the divisional forest workplace to the collectorate and sent a memorandum to the district income officer Sirisha. Leaders from the forest variety officers association Venkateswarlu and Radhika and workers of different areas, beat officers and others participated in it. They required the federal government to offer security by establishing forest stations and equipping them. …
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