OPEN LETTER TO AP CM GARU ON FREE SAND POLICY AND ITS GROUND REALITIES To, Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu Garu,                                                                                 01.12.2018 Hon’ble Chief Minister, GoAP, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh Respected Sir, We hail from a village by name Kollipara, Tenali division in Guntur district and migrated to Hyderabad in 1987. Though ours is reasonably well established family in Hyderabad, after bifurcation of the state, we started showing interest in AP and shifted our investments including contribution to land pooling in Amaravathi. I personally took interest in activating our agricultural operations, made investments in Agri related business and constructed new house with plans to settled down...

*NAKED TRUTHS - INFORMATION FLOW IN GOVERNMENT - EXPERIENCE SHARING OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT * As gathered from a mandal education officer (MEO), there are about 650 students wrote 10th board exam from that mandal and out of 650 only 50 are from private schools and balance from Govt schools i.e., over 92% is from Govt schools. The same he presented to his DEO, subsequently the information is flown to Collector, Director, Secretary, Minister Education and to CM through series of Video conferences and created an impression that everything is very good. Unfortunately the ground realities are different. From the same mandal about 1000 students studied in private schools in near by towns and wrote 10th exam from there. As these are studying in schools out of the mandal, MEO conveniently avoided reporting about them. I am sure everyone in this system knew ground realities, but none are willing to touch the honeycomb. If no one is interested in looking at  ground realities and survi...

ILLEGAL SAND MINING-- WHEN I COULD CRACK IT, WHY NOT YOU? Potti Dibba  Lanka: Pottidibba Lanka is a small lush green island in Krishna River about 25 Kms downstream of Vijayawada, falls in Totlavalluru mandal of Krishna Dist, AP. The island, which is about 2500 acres fifty years ago, is now reduced to little over 1500 acres and the balance merged in river due to erosion during floods. The soils are very fertile with silt content coupled with abundant water resources and known for cultivation of turmeric, banana, sugarcane, maize, yam, vegetables and area is lush green even in peak summer months.  Though the island falls in Krishna dist, most of the land is owned by farmers from Kollipara village in Guntur Dist, which is about 3 kms from island. I too from Kollipara, but live in Hyderabad and technically a farmer from this picturesque island. This island lands are covered in three villages – Totlavalluru, Chagantipadu & Devarpalli. In Pottidibba Lanka, there is a...