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PRP favours SEZs on non-farm lands

Staff Reporter

Says it will return already acquired agricultural lands if it comes to power

Kakinada: The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) was in favour of developing on non-agricultural lands and if it comes to power, it would return farm lands already acquired for SEZs to their rightful owners. PRP would have its own norms for SEZs which have become means to do real estate business, said PRP manifesto committee convener K.S.R. Murthy. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr. Murthy said his party would not acquire farm lands for SEZs even if it implied that industries have to set up their units on barren lands, where necessary infrastructure would be created instead of destroying fertile lands in the name of industrial development.

Health Care

Mr. Murthy said PRP would develop government hospitals at par with private corporate hospitals by providing the required facilities irrespective of the financial burden entailed by them. Development of primary health centres (PHCs) was also on top of the party’s agenda.

The payscales of government doctors would be increased and doctors who have to put up mandatory service in the rural areas would be supported in all forms. In such a situation, people can fulfil their health care needs at the government hospitals and PHCs. Mr. Murthy further said that the public distribution system would be streamlined and prices would be controlled through market intervention measures. The proposal to supply some essential commodities at Rs.100 was being worked out. As party president Chiranjeevi has announced, education would be provided free of cost to all poor students, including those of the economically backward classes, from KG to PG. Houses would be built for the poor for less than Rs. 1,00,000, scholarships distributed to the eligible and other measures were being planned to achieve social justice.

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