BR Ambedkar Konaseema | September 9, 2026
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday that the state government would safeguard people’s land rights, resolve long-pending disputes and strengthen land records through a comprehensive re-survey and new security features.
Addressing the “Mee Bhoomi-Mee Hakku” programme at Panduvaripeta village in the P. Gannavaram constituency of BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, Naidu said land and water were central to livelihoods and that governance should deliver measurable improvements to people’s lives.
“If water is life, land is livelihood. That is why the NDA coalition government is giving high priority to both these programmes,” he said.
Naidu said the government was issuing new Pattadar Passbooks bearing the Rajamudra and incorporating e-KYC, QR codes and blockchain technology to prevent irregularities in land records. He said a comprehensive re-survey was also under way.
The chief minister alleged that the previous YSRCP government, which was in power between 2019 and 2024, had tampered with and destroyed land records and introduced the Land Titling Act in an attempt to take control of people’s properties. He said the NDA government repealed the Act after taking office. These allegations were made by Naidu during the programme and were not independently verified in the report.
Naidu also alleged that photographs of previous rulers had been placed on Pattadar Passbooks relating to ancestral land and on survey stones, including expensive granite stones. He further claimed that properties belonging to people opposed by the previous administration had been placed on a prohibited list, creating difficulties for landowners.
According to the chief minister, the introduction of auto-mutation has benefited 1.2 lakh families, while 16 lakh acres have been freed from restrictions. He said 224 land issues that had remained unresolved for decades had also been settled.
The government has resolved long-pending cases in Shettipalli, Vatticherukuru, Kalidindi, Kangundi and Mudinepalli, Naidu said. He added that a 120-year-old land dispute had been settled and that action concerning 56.37 acres would benefit 1,410 people.
The chief minister also linked the land programme to wider administrative and development initiatives. He said the state was working through a Public-Private-People Partnership model to improve living standards and was pursuing a garbage-free Andhra Pradesh programme every third Saturday, with an aim of converting waste into wealth and promoting a circular economy.
Naidu said more than 1,000 TMC of water from the Godavari river had flowed into the sea despite the severe impact of El Nino on Andhra Pradesh, arguing that greater utilisation of the river’s water could provide substantial benefits to residents. He also said he meets people on the first day of every month while distributing pensions under the “Pedala Sevalo” programme.
The government will continue its land re-survey, issue updated Pattadar Passbooks and process pending disputes as part of the announced land-rights programme, according to the chief minister.
