Forty-five-year-old Venkateswara Rao has been cultivating a piece of Inam land for decades in Inamanamelur village in the Prakasam district. He has been running from pillar to post to get the title deed after he found his name included in the computerised land records of the government.
A group of farmers in Doddkuru village have been cultivating the lands on the fringes of ‘‘Thumalagunta’‘, a water body in the village, for decades. These lands have changed several hands over a period based on an agreement of sale. The present owners of such land face an uncertain future. The plight of several other farmers who cultivate ‘‘Devudu Manyam” lands (those given by kings for temple maintenance centuries back) as also different types of Poramboke land like Kunta Poramboke and Vagu Poramboke, continues without any immediate solution in sight. Those with DKT or Darakastu (DK) land also face a similar problem as they are not supposed to sell the pieces of wasteland assigned to them in villages by the Assignment Committee from time to time. Though this land has been assigned for cultivation purposes only, it has been passed on from one person to another without a title deed.
