Negotiate with displaced people on sanction of R&R package: Telangana IT Minister

HYDERABAD: IT & Industries and Commerce Minister, D Sridhar Babu has directed the officials concerned to negotiate with the beneficiaries regarding the payment of gratuity under the R&R package to 280 people who built houses on the land acquired by Singareni for the Lagnapur Open Cast Mine.

In 2012, the Singareni collieries acquired 103 acres of land for an open-cast mine in Ramagiri mandal under the Manthani Assembly constituency.

A total of 466 houses were built and 721 people under R&R were paid at the rate of Rs 7.5 lakh per person.