Raw deal meted out to Tyagis ’ families

SANGAREDDY: Srirama Lakshmi and Lakshmamma are in their late sixties-wives of freedom fighters – Ramulu and Mallaiah - respectively, who had fought the British and the Nizam.

As an acknowledgement of the services rendered by the freedom fighter, the State government had allotted them house sites at Kandi village in Medak about two years ago. As Kandi became the hub of activity and land rates soared high, they were unable to construct houses in the sites allotted. The locals were obstructing any move to take up construction .

``We have levelled the land using tractors and filling it with sand. We also erected rock pillars to identify the borders of our land. But in vain. The locals are not allowing us to take up construction activity. Repeated appeals to the officials failed to yield result,” says Srirama Lakshmi.

She, along with Lakshmamma and another womanNagamma waited before the Collector’s office to present their case to the district administration. As luck would have it, the Collector was out of station.

Regular visits to Collector’s office and submission of memoranda to officials has become a sort of daily routine. “We are unable solve our problem despite appeals. We do not know whom to approach and how long it will take,” lamented Lakshmamma.

The land was allotted to 17 persons in the same category and none of them are able to take up construction activity for the same reason.

They made a representation to District Congress Committee president T. Nandeeswar Goud when they met him at the Collector’s office premises. He promised to look into the case .