Amaravati 360

Amaravati 360: Farmers rail against AP's land pooling scheme

While the problems faced by the land owners typically range over finding better compensation and adapting to a different lifestyle, the tenant farmers and landless labourers from the region who have lived here for many generations — those who would be the worst hit — are still struggling to find a voice.

Amaravati 360: How AP's landless turn penniless in the name of development

Land is a lucrative investment in this region; these lands yield gold. Farmers typically earn a few lakh rupees per year from cultivating each acre of land, so fertile is this soil.