DRDO at Kurnool, Navy Base at Vizag will be set up

Andhra Pradesh government decided to allot 2, 720 acres near Orvakallu in Kurnool district for setting up missile testing project by DRDO and 1,965 acres of land to build naval base at S. Rayavaram village in Visakhapatnam district.

It may not be any difficult for it to collect land in Kurnool district because there are not enough irrigation water sources for growing crops. But, in case of Rayavaram there is plenty of water facility for growing crops. It is also a very fertile land where sugar cane vegetables etc are grown round the year. So, statement government may face stiff resistance from the farmers at Rayavaram when it approaches them for land acquisition.

It is already facing strong resistance from farmers Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, where it proposes to set up airport. Indeed, development activities demands huge piece of lands, but the government has to avoid choosing fertile lands for its projects otherwise it would earn its anti-farmers’ tag again, which may badly affect it in the next elections even though it develops the state.