AP: RTI query reveals land was sold to company at Re 1 per acre

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Andhra PradeshIndustrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) allegedly sold100 acres of land at Mambattu village in Potti Sri RamuluNellore district, at the rate of Re 1 per acre to ApacheFootwear India Pvt Ltd, a Singapore-based footwear company inMarch 2010, when K Rosaiah was Andhra Pradesh chief minister.The information was furnished under the Right toInformation Act by the APIIC September 5 to the former GunturDistrict Congress Committee vice president Kanaparthi SrinivasRao.Rao, who has a copy of the information furnished tohim by the APIIC, alleged that it has evaded disclosure of themarket value of the land given to Apache.The land is part of the 313 acres in Mambattu villagewhich was leased by APIIC in October 2008 to Apache. APIIClater sold the land which it had leased.He said that according to the Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU), Apache ought to have provided 15,000jobs, but only 5732 jobs have been provided.He alleged that this was in sharp contrast with howthe AP state government sold 124 acres of land at a marketvalue of Rs 50,000 per acre in Vankayapadu and Mydavoluvillages in Guntur district to the central governmentcontrolled Spices Board, to establish a spices park, whosefoundation stone was laid in August 2008.He also alleged that repeated appeals by the SpicesBoard and Guntur MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao to provide the landfree of cost, or at a nominal price were rejected by the APstate government, expressing his astonishment at APIIC'smagnanimity towards Apache.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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