Ganta urges CM to Resolve Simhachalam temple lands Issue
Issue has been pending for over 30 years
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday urged Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to resolve the long-standing issue of land disputes in the five villages surrounding the Simhachalam Temple in Visakhapatnam district.
Speaking in the Assembly, Ganta said that the issue has been pending for over 30 years and has become an election agenda for every political party. He expressed his disappointment that despite the government's favorable stance, the issue remains unresolved.
Ganta recalled that in 1996, the then Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had constituted an Assembly House Committee to resolve the issue. In 2000 and 2019, the government had issued GOs 578 and 229, respectively, to address the problem.
The TDP MLA alleged that the previous YSR Congress government had made false promises to the people of the five villages and had even canceled the GO 578 issued by the TDP government.
Ganta said that in 2014, the Chief Minister had announced in the first cabinet meeting held at Andhra University that the government would resolve the land issue. He had also agreed to regularize 12,149 constructions and provide 610 acres of land worth over ₹5,000 crore to the Simhachalam Temple.
The MLA urged the Chief Minister to intervene and resolve the issue, saying that the people of the five villages were losing faith in the government. He also requested the Chief Minister to instruct the Advocate General to explore ways to resolve the issue, which is pending in court.
The Simhachalam Temple land issue has been a contentious one, with the temple authorities and the government locked in a dispute over the ownership of land in the five villages. The issue has been a major concern for the people of the region, who have been demanding regularization of their lands and houses.
The government has assured that it is committed to resolving the issue, and efforts are underway to find a solution. However, the issue remains unresolved, and the people of the five villages continue to wait for a resolution
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