Overview
- Rama Rao, 68, collapsed at a Mandadam meeting on proposed road acquisition and was declared dead of a heart attack en route to the hospital, according to doctors.
- The session included MA&UD Minister P. Narayana, Tadikonda MLA Tenali Sravan Kumar and CRDA officials, and followed years of complaints over Amaravati land pooling and undeveloped returnable plots.
- Before collapsing, Rama Rao said he would part with his house site if given an alternative location and asked that displaced families be allotted contiguous plots with basic infrastructure.
- At Sunday’s funeral, CPI(M) leaders condemned CRDA statements asserting no fault, sought withdrawal and an apology, and urged at least ₹50 lakh in ex gratia along with suitable plot allotments.
- CPI(M) and local YSRCP figures pressed to halt the second phase of land pooling and questioned a proposed road through Mandadam’s center, while noting no official pause or remedial measures have been announced.