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TTD eviction notices burnt

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUPATI Dec. 13. The issue of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) management serving eviction notices on dwellers of four prime areas in the town, which had been assuming a political tinge every passing day, reached its peak on Friday when some of the residents, led by leaders of various political parties, held a picketing and burnt the notices in front of the TTD's administrative building here. A memorandum was later submitted to Ajeya Kallam, Executive Officer of the TTD.

The furore started when the TTD management, claiming ownership, had served notices last week on 800 dwellers of the residential-cum-commercial localities of Doddapuram, Nimmakayala street, Reddy & Reddy colony and Bhavani Nagar, all located in the heart of the town, asking the residents to demolish their houses on their own and hand the land over to the TTD. It was not received well by the residents, as they had been living in the area for generations.

PCC secretary B.Karunakar Reddy, CPI(M) district secretary K.Murali and Samajwadi party's Kiran Yadav, expressing solidarity with the residents, took part in the agitation.

Narayana Reddy of Doddapuram, 79, said he had been living in the locality for the past 65 years and wondered how the TTD could lay claim on his land.

Even the Chief Minister, N.Chandrababu Naidu, during his visit to Kuppam last week, was sore over the unpleasant move and assured of all action to get the notices withdrawn. Reacting cautiously, the local TDP leaders kept on saying that the issue would be sorted out soon, without going into the how and when of it.

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