Telangana Chief Minister has given away land worth Rs. 870 Crores to the Kamma and Velamas community. A GO was released to this effect on June 30th, secretly. These two communities do not even constitute 1% population in the state, but the Kammavari Seva Sangha Samakhya was allotted five acres of land and the All India Velama Association was given another five acres of land at Survey Nos. 41/44 at Khanamet near Hitec City.
Kamma and Velama Community Halls are expected to be constructed in this land. The piece of land allotted to the Kamma community is located between Hitec City and Ayyappa Society, while the land allotted to the Velama society is located at NAC Road, closer to Novotel Hotel. According to reports, this is the costliest area in Hyderabad currently, and the market value of the land is around Rs 1.80 lakh per square yard, making these lands worth Rs. 870 Crores in total.
Brahmins and Reddys have also been allotted lands, but these lands are on the outskirts of the city. While the Brahmin community has been allotted land at Gopanpally, the Reddy community got the land at Budwel in Rajendranagar. While these lands aren’t as costly as the lands given to the Kamma and Velama community, these lands too are prime and costly.
KCR has given the most importance to the Velama community, as he hails from the same community. On the other hand, the Kamma community has been given major importance due to the TRS winning in the areas dominated by the Kammas, in the GHMC elections. The KCR government also allocated 82 acres of lands to Backward Classes groups before the 2018 elections, in the range of 10 guntas to five acres, depending on their strength. However, most of these lands are located at far off places like Outer Ring Road, Uppal, Medipalli, Peerjadiguda and Kokapet.