Khammam, March 1 -- BJP Telangana State President N Ramchander Rao has strongly condemned the demolition of houses belonging to poor families at Velugumatla in Khammam Urban, terming the action inhuman and anti-people.
Talking to the media here on Sunday, he said around 600 poor families, comprising nearly 1,800 people, have been living on Bhoodan lands bearing survey numbers 147, 148 and 149 near the Khammam Collectorate since 2013-14.
The families, mostly daily wage labourers and porters, had built houses with their own earnings and were educating their children in the area. He pointed out that courts had earlier issued status quo and stay orders, clearly directing authorities not to evict or disturb the residents.
Despite this, Rao al...