Overview
- YSRCP leader and former TTD chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy alleged a land exchange moved 20 acres of prime TTD land at Alipiri to an Oberoi affiliate in place of a less valuable Peruru parcel, calling it the biggest scam in TTD history and urging cancellation.
- He said the swap shortchanged TTD based on SRO values of roughly ₹520 crore for Alipiri versus about ₹18 crore for Peruru, claimed concessions were extended to the hotel group, and asserted work started without orders with red sanders trees felled in a protected zone.
- Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh countered that the YSRCP government allotted the original Peruru site in 2021, that then CM Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation, protests followed, and the TDP-led government cancelled the lease on August 7, 2025 after a TTD board resolution.
- The minister said a new site in Survey No. 588/A of Tirupati R. S. village was identified about 500 metres from the earlier location, that the Oberoi group accepted it and sought adjustments over delays, and he rejected claims of a ₹460 crore versus ₹18 crore exchange as inflated.
- He added that Oberoi plans ₹1,350 crore in investments across five Andhra Pradesh locations with an estimated 11,000 jobs and warned that misinformation could deter tourism projects, while one report noted no immediate reaction from the ruling TDP.