Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has ordered a comprehensive probe into the alleged encroachment of 76.74 acres of forest land in the Eastern Ghats by former minister and YSR Congress Party leader Peddireddy Ramchandra Reddy.

Pawan Kalyan, who holds the environment and forest portfolios, directed officials to publish the names of all forest land encroachers on the department website and take strict legal action against forest land grabbers without exception.

He issued the orders after an aerial survey of the forest.

According to the Deputy Chief Minister’s office, the aerial survey “exposed” 76.74 acres of illegal encroachment inside the protected Mangalam Peta forest lands in the eastern ghats, linked to Ramachandra Reddy.

Pawan Kalyan visited the site, reviewed the v

See Full Page