A.P.-CRDA cancels Grievance Day programme on August 15
In a press release, CRDA Commissioner K. Kanna Babu stated that farmers and landowners can continue to submit petitions or complaints at any time via the 24/7 online Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM) portal, as well as at CRDA's village-level offices in Amaravati during regular working hours.
Mr. Kanna Babu said that out of the ₹222.63 crore allocated for annual lease payments to farmers for the fiscal year 2024–25, ₹217.45 crore has already been directly credited to beneficiaries' bank accounts. Farmers can verify the status of their lease payments by entering their Aadhaar number on the CRDA website at: https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/UserInterface/admin/lpsbenificiarydetailshome.aspx
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