CPI(M) seeks house pattas, plots for poor in Visakhapatnam

In Visakhapatnam, CPI(M) activists and local residents gathered at the District Collectorate on Monday to demand essential housing for the poor. The group protested, urging officials to provide house pattas, house sites, and registration for existing pattas to families residing in Indira Gandhi Nagar and other colonies. Photojournalist V. Raju captured the scene.

CPI(M) leader R.K.S.V. Kumar highlighted the plight of residents who had constructed homes in the colonies for more than three decades, only to be denied pattas due to alleged gedda and forest land issues. He urged the authorities to issue pattas under G.O. No. 30 and registration under G.O. Nos. 296 and 388.

V. Narendra Kumar, a member of the district committee, requested the registration of pattas for those who had already paid fees, correction of house measurements, and the removal of forest-related objections. He also advocated for the inclusion of survey No. 108 in the pattas and the removal of survey No. 111.

The CPI(M) proposed to allocate two cents of land in the city for homeless, eligible poor, and houses for eligible tenants who had paid under Jagananna and TIDCO schemes. The protest saw participation from party leaders and numerous colony residents.