SAVE LANDS FROM SAND SHARKS- FARMERS STRUGGLE CONTINUES -BBC Reporting from Amaravathi Potti Dibba Lanka: Pottidibba Lanka, Devarpalli Village, Totlavalluru Mandal, Krishna District is an island in Krishna river downstream of Vijayawada, gifted with ample fresh water and rich alluvial soils. Even in peak summer months, the entire area is lush green with standing crops. The farmers are very enterprising and they even grow four crops in a year.   There is a habitation of about 60 families residing in this island. The original area of island was over 2500 acres of patta lands. With torrential rains and floods, about 1000 acres was eroded and became part of the river. The last such major flood was in 2009, left many farmers landless overnight. Farmers still pay taxes and possess titles on these lands, very much became part of river with the hope of silt formation over the years and the lands become cultivable. In fact, in last two years about 100 acres land became partly c

NOTE BANDHI : A JOKE OF THE DECADE  When demonetisation was announced in November 16 , PM and FM made tall claims that out of 15.45 lakh crore worth banned currency, 30 % will not come back to circulation and it will be big revenue gain to Govt and shall be used for public welfare. With RBI annual report of 2017-18,  it’s clear that 15.31 lakh crore banned notes amounting to 99.3% is already rested in safe bunkers of RBI and looks like a big mockery is made out of demonetization. A year back when there were feelers sent by RBI that major portion of banned currency come back into system, FM tried to justify it and gave indications that the large transactions and routing of currency into bank accounts will be tracked and guilt will be punished. Unfortunately there are no such indications or not even a single case of such tracking reported and any such bold moves are very unlikely in election year. What did we achieve through demonetisation is a billion dollar question and every