Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:36 am:

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Dhonifan:

mee kadapa lo unnadhi iddharu ysrcp mps ye ga. mari vallani kuda isuvantidhi edho cheyamanu

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:34 am:

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Kadapanagfan:

akhariki ratan tata gaaaadini koooda krishna zillla ki denkapoy akkkkada villages ni datttata teesukuneytattu cheysadu

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:12 am:

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Bongaram:

neeku kooda ee G sokinda.. continue

G - gaali

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:11 am:

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Bongaram:

Evadini anna meere anali... ye basis meeda "edavalo" meere decide cheyyali.. ee entitlement mentality endhi vayya

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:11 am:

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Nice:

problem emito cheppakunda adhi 700 manaki 7000 avasarama lanti statements enduku. ee vidham ga problem oo cheppachu kadha

kompa teesi krishna jilla lo kamma vallu ekkuva untaru, anduke anni kalipestunnaru anna baavilo unnara

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:10 am:

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Nice:

chivaraki adhe zarigindhi kadha. edho ilanti examples cheppi sadinchesam anukunte nenu emi cheyyagalanu, enjoy

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:09 am:

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Nice:

World class INFRASTRUCTURE unte world class city avvadha

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:08 am:

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Bongaram:

"work jaragadu" ani munde fix ayyi day 1 ninche edupu modalettara? lol

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:07 am:

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Nice:

ichindhi friend ki kabatti. ikkada kuda CBN ee murali mohan ko, narayana ko, sujana ko isthe edchina ardham undhi.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:55 am:

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Bongaram:

meeru ichina roju ninche "edupu" modaluepettaleda?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:48 am:

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Nice:

akkada zarigindho ledho meeku kuda telusu kadha bhayya

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:44 am:

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Ramramesh:

think big dream big

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:43 am:

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Kadapanagfan:

akhariki ratan tata gaaaadini koooda krishna zillla ki denkapoy akkkkada villages ni datttata teesukuneytattu cheysadu

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:40 am:

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Bongaram:

India dont need world class *cities*. We need world class INFRASTRUCTURE

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:39 am:

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Bongaram:

meeru "Ediste" emo nijam work jaragadu ani doubt.. pakkodu "ediste" emo orvaleni tanama.. ellehe

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:38 am:

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Bongaram:

mallee edupu avatali vallaki certificates.

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Bongaram:

World antha decentralization ani veltunte, manam already existing towns ni vaati maanana vatini unchakunda CRDA ani kalipeyyatam enti?

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Bongaram:

Newyork ye 700 Sq km area.. mana CRDA 7000 Sq Km area.. enduku antha doola?

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Bongaram:

cant we develop each town separately than include everything under one plan?

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Bongaram:

ikkada kontha mandiki gajji tho kallu moosukunnayi. objective ga discuss cheyatam chetakadu. hatred ani, edupu ani feel avutaru.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:36 am:

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Nice:

emi ardham aindhi. Edho explain chesesinattu aa question emiti

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 05:32 am:

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Bongaram:

ippudu ardham aindi ga.. Paris, London range ki world lo evadu cities plan cheyyadu..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 04:25 am:

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Ramramesh:

India needs world class cities and we will show the way with Amaravati.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:50 am:

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Bongaram:

cheste tappenti ante daniki oka basis undali.. Fox gaadi own sommu pettatledu.. janala sommu..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:46 am:

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Kadapanagfan:

Maaaku yeee hope lekapoyina ila kaltha undi papam Anantapuram tugo pago laku kutttta lo kalta untadi kiki

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:18 am:

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Bongaram:

World antha decentralization ani veltunte,

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:17 am:

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Dhonifan:

Last month, the Gujarat government decided to withdraw the Hazira SIR notification after strong protests from farmers. Hazira SIR, which falls under Surat district, was envisaged to be built over more than 24,000 hectares of land. Special Investment Regions, which should not be confused with SEZ, are built on large land pieces and offers a range of services that are investment-friendly.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:14 am:

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Nice:

isthe tappuledhu, akkada nizamga work zarugutundhi anukunte.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:04 am:

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Bongaram:

vanpic ki 28000 acres teesukunte tappenti? Kadapa airport ki 5000 acres teesukunte tappenti?

bayyaram ukku ki 1 lakh acres iste tappenti..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:03 am:

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Bongaram:

vanpic ki 28000 acres teesukunte tappenti? Kadapa airport ki 5000 acres teesukunte tappenti?

bayyaram ukku ki 1 lakh acres iste tappenti..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 03:00 am:

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Dhonifan:

paris range lo plan chesthey tappenti?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 02:55 am:

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Dhonifan:

paris range lo plan chesthey tappenti?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 02:50 am:

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Bongaram:

kotha town ni evadaina paris, jaipur range lo plan chestara?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 02:44 am:

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Bongaram:

kotha town ni evadaina paris, jaipur range lo plan chestara?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 02:29 am:

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Nice:

kotha town kabatti obvious ga ilane plan chestaru. existing city ni develop chese tappudu aithe meeru cheppina prakaram patha estimates prakaram plan cheyyali

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:30 am:

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Bongaram:

Bob town planning cheyyatledu.. nenu kadatanu.. meeru raandi antunnadu.. difference telusuko

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:28 am:

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Bongaram:

inthaki ee mukka chadivava leka bob ye PPP kanipettadu annatlu, Bob ye pooling concept kanipettadu ani feel avutunnava..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:25 am:

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Nice:

akkada aa point cheppindhi - city organic ga grow avvali, ila mundhu oke sari ga kaadhu anna mee point ki. Etu padithe atu tippedham ante etla discussion ni

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:22 am:

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Nice:

The land pooling exercise in Amaravati is the largest such exercise India has seen. However, it is not new.

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The land pooling exercise in Amaravati is the largest such exercise India has seen. However, it is not new. It follows the tried and tested path of pooling in other states - particularly, the Gujarat model.

Gujarat is among the country's pioneers of land pooling, having conducted experiments with pooling for several decades. One of the more recent projects, the Dholera Special Investment Region pooled land from farmers and handed them a share of the profits. The usual ratio of land acquired to land returned in Gujarat is 40:60, with the landowner getting back 60% of land. The ratio in Amaravati is closer to 70:30, with the landowner getting back only 30% of land.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:19 am:

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Bongaram:

hallo..hallo.. Thammullu maree bavi lo bekabeka kakunda bayata em jarugutundo kooda telusukovali..

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Nice:

konchem kothaga pooling ki velladu

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 01:16 am:

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Bongaram:

ye reason lekunda reserve Peru tho land dobbese kotha kotha idea lu meeke enduku vastayi?

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:58 am:

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Nice:

aadevado decide cheyyaledhu ani kothaga eedu decide cheyyakudadha.

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Nice:

Land acquisition ki vellakunda konchem kothaga pooling ki velladu. mari appudu kuda edavalsindhi ee kotha concept emiti, laakkuni d'ka ani

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Land pooling strategy for the new Andhra capital could become a model for India's Smart Cities
Andhra Pradesh's experiment with voluntary land pooling could provide an alternative to forcible land acquisition.
Mridula Chari · Aug 12, 2015 · 09:00 am
Land pooling strategy for the new Andhra capital could become a model for India's Smart Cities
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Tallayapalem is a village like many others in Andhra Pradesh�s Guntur district. It has lush green fields, and its prosperity is evident from the concrete houses scattered along its central thoroughfare. Somewhat incongruously, one field off the main road houses a canvas tent under which a small group of policemen has been doing 24-hour duty since June 6.

There has been no spurt in crime. Instead, the policemen have been charged with warding away potential vandals from the site where chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu conducted a bhumi puja two months ago. He was seeking the blessings of the Almighty for a project the Andhra Pradesh government hopes will be the kernel of a new capital to rival the likes of Hyderabad. The residue of the ceremony � coconut shells and withered garlands � is still visible at the site. Nearby, workers were building a more permanent shelter for the police.


Verdant plots such as the ones in Tallayapalem cover thousands of acres on the southern bank of the Krishna river, just 100 kilometres west of the sea. In a decade, if Andhra Pradesh has its way, these fields will be replaced by concrete roads and glass buildings to realise the state�s great experiment in urban development.

Welcome to Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh�s hope for the future.

Where it began

It has been two years since the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre announced that Andhra Pradesh would be split into two states. The decision came after years of agitation by the territory that has now become Telangana.

However, the Act that bifurcated the states left Andhra Pradesh without a capital. The old headquarters, Hyderabad, is now located in Telangana. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will share Hyderabad as a capital for ten years, after which Andhra Pradesh will have to have to move to a new administrative centre. Various options for a new capital were outlined by a report filed by the Sivaramakrishnan Committee at the end of August 2014. The report described the idea of focussing on a single capital as an outdated concept and pushed instead for several cities in the state to be developed as industrial, investment and technological hubs.

But days before the committee submitted its findings to the Union Home ministry, N Chandrababu Naidu, the newly elected chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, announced that a single capital for the state would come up near Guntur and Vijayawada on Independence Day in 2014. The report now stands largely ignored.

The core of Amaravati will be built on 33,000 acres of land owned by individual farmers between Vijayawada and Thullur along the banks of the Krishna river. There are many reasons to watch the Amaravati experiment. It will be India�s first planned capital city to come up from scratch in decades. It has already become India�s largest experiment in a process known as land pooling, which is being held up as an alternative to land acquisition.

What is land pooling?

Under land pooling systems, landowners voluntarily sign ownership rights over to a single agency or government body. This agency develops the land by building roads and laying sewage lines and electricity connections. Once this is done, it returns a smaller portion of the land to the original owners. But since the plot now has more amenities, its price has probably risen to match the market value of the owners� original landholding.

One of the first owners to give his land for the pool was K Nageswarrao, a 60-year-old farmer in Lingayapalem. In return for his one acre of land, he will get 1,300 square yards (about a quarter of an acre) of developed land in the new city. Of this, 1,000 square yards (a fifth of an acre) will be residential land and 300 square yards can have commercial structures such as offices and shops. Nageswarrao will also receive an annual compensation of Rs 30,000 per acre for a fixed period of ten years. Those who own fertile land will get an annual compensation of Rs 50,000 for ten years and a slightly larger portion of land.

As Indian cities expand, land pooling could be the most equitable, acceptable strategy of urban development. Land acquisition, by contrast, often proceeds by force, resulting in the displacement of residents and escalating costs for builders.

�There is no other instance like this in India,� claimed N Srikanth, commissioner of the Capital Region Development Authority that is supervising Amaravati's development. �One way in which the city differs is that it does not disrupt its current inhabitants. We don�t want to destroy last 2,000 years of culture. We will just build on that and move them back here.�

An alternative to land acquisition

Land pooling differs from land acquisition in significant ways. In pooling, land, not money, is the primary medium of exchange. When acquiring land, the authorities sometimes have to compensate owners with up to four times the value of their plots. But instead of paying four times the market rate of their land, authorities often pay them four times the registered value. This amount is usually significantly lower and does not factor in inflation over the years. This makes it difficult to obtain the consent of the majority of plot owners. As a result, land is often acquired by force.

T Jaganmohan Reddy, a farmer who owns 3.5 acres of land in Penumaka but has not yet given it up for pooling, acknowledged the system�s potential benefits. �Both land acquisition and land pooling are harmful to farmers because both ways they are losing their land,� he said. �But in land pooling, at least you are getting [some] land back. With land acquisition, you get four times the revenue rate, but that is no match for the market rate over time.�

Cheaper land for the government

There are several benefits to land pooling, as seen from the perspective of the state. To begin with, the process is voluntary, at least in name, and less cumbersome. If land were to be acquired, the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 requires a much wider range of safeguards for the process, including a social impact assessment conducted by an expert committee and a detailed plan for rehabilitating the original inhabitants.

Land pooling is also much cheaper for the government. The centre�s land acquisition law says that compensation for land acquired can go upto four times the rate of land. Andhra Pradesh has fixed the compensation at 2.5 times the revenue rate. Even this amount is far higher than the figure the government will pay to farmers who give up their land for the pool.

Take Nageswarrao of Lingayapalem. In 2013, the official rate for agricultural and non-agricultural land in Lingayapalem was Rs 5 lakh per acre. Had his land been acquired, he would have received a flat sum of Rs 12.5 lakh for his one acre of land, according to Andhra Pradesh�s rules. With land pooling, he will receive Rs 30,000 for ten years, with an annual increase of 10%. At the end of this period, the government will have given him Rs 4.78 lakh. But the value of the developed land he receives, a prime urban plot in the capital, will be significant, the government claims.

S Ananth, a researcher who has examined the economic dynamics of the Amravati state capital, explained the calculation involved. �People are speculating on the value of the developed land they will get,� he said. �When pooling land, the ruling party said look, you give one acre of land, you will get a percentage of the future in return. Land today costs Rs 1.5 crores to Rs 2 crores. If they give up their land, what they finally get based on today�s calculation might be Rs three crores instead. Those who thought their land was worth more than that didn�t give it up for pooling.�

The land pooling exercise in Amaravati is the largest such exercise India has seen. However, it is not new. It follows the tried and tested path of pooling in other states � particularly, the Gujarat model.

Gujarat is among the country�s pioneers of land pooling, having conducted experiments with pooling for several decades. One of the more recent projects, the Dholera Special Investment Region pooled land from farmers and handed them a share of the profits. The usual ratio of land acquired to land returned in Gujarat is 40:60, with the landowner getting back 60% of land. The ratio in Amaravati is closer to 70:30, with the landowner getting back only 30% of land.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:47 am:

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Kadapanagfan:

chala pedda tadu chadivey opika ledu

botttom line pls

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:39 am:

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Banam:

ivvanu anna vaadidhi vadileyali ani....

Mari mana modi tha kareeem beedi gaadu akkada fertilized land appanam ga denkesaadu and Why Sanand Farmers in Gujarath do not have the option not to sell their lands cheppu ante SC cheppindhi, 1st line last word lo best ani vundhi, last line 1st word lo narahantak ani vundhi ani bokkalo arguments emiti appa.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:38 am:

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Bongaram:

article 1st line lo ne undi ga Gujarat is providing btr rates than anyone else ani.. kiki

supreme court ke best model annadi..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:34 am:

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Bongaram:

nenu intha kadata.. antha kadata munde evadu decide cheyyadu..

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Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:32 am:

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Banam:

ichinavi teesukoni mighatavi vadileyali ani...

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 11:40 pm:

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Dhonifan:

land acquisition ki naya paisa ivvamu ani ekkada chepparu ????

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 06:09 pm:

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Banam:

Why Sanand Farmers in Gujarath do not have the option not to sell their lands?...

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:51 pm:

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Bongaram:

FYI,, govt naya paisa ivvatledu ikkada

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:37 pm:

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Bongaram:

FYI,, govt naya paisa ivvatledu ikkada.. just hypothetical price.. 1000 sq yards 1 crore avutundi capital vachaka ani..

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:09 pm:

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Dhonifan:

aa modi ichina daniki 2 times isthondhi ikkada. mari problem enti?

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:05 pm:

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Dhonifan:

aa modi ichina daniki 2 times isthondhi ikkada. mari problem enti?

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:03 pm:

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Dhonifan:

aa modi ichina daniki 2 times isthondhi ikkada. mari problem enti?

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 04:00 pm:

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Bongaram:

delhi lo core developed lands aina Noida lo govts iche rate ki 4 times ichindi Modi govt..

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:52 pm:

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Amaravathi:

Malli reserve endhi naa royya ...akkada govt ki migiledhi 8K acres ithe daantlo 1-2K acres ayinaa investors ki ivvakapothe evadochi build chestadu?

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:44 pm:

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Bongaram:

akkada kooda already unna residential areas tho kalupukone 40k.. only govt kinda 40k kaadu.. koddiga vaadu..

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:42 pm:

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Amaravathi:

40K acres lo ippudu capital tho evadoo nimpeyyatam ledhu...deentlo farmers land ye 10K acres vundhi ...future lo boundaries smooth ga extend avvataniki motham area lo infra ni spread chesi vadhilestaaru... growth then comes automatically in future gradually...

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:42 pm:

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Bongaram:

why govt want to take land to 'reserve'? entha kavalo, all pros/cons weigh chesi teesukovali responsible govt aithe..

ila bedirinchi, brokering chesi gandaragolam chesi cheyyatam not right

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:40 pm:

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Bongaram:

nuvvu muyyi jahapana.. akkada DC motham area 43000 acres.. mana AP capital ki bob gariki 35k acres chalatledu.. lol.. it is bigger than paris dude..

cities grow organically.. nenu intha kadata.. antha kadata munde evadu decide cheyyadu..

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:37 pm:

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Amaravathi:

appude covers meedha ki vacheseva


ippudunna 40K acres kuda saripodhu.. maroka 20K easy ga pool cheyyalsi ravochu in future in the north side...

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:35 pm:

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Amaravathi:

Muyy Guptha Muyy...

capital ante employees enaa.. DC lo fed employees not even 20% of the total population... travellers ye ekkuva... anni rakala janalu capital ki vastaaru...not just employees

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:31 pm:

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Bongu:

8k is no less amt.. govt cant go for land acquisition to 'reserve'

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Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015 - 03:29 pm:

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Ramramesh:

farmers ki ivvamgaaa 8000 acres is left to the govt anna sanghati kodoa teliyadu? Disco avasarama?

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