Nandapur: Andhra Pradesh officials reportedly admitted to their infiltration in Raipahad village under Nandapur block in Koraput district as they submitted the list of beneficiaries enrolled under various welfare schemes of their state during a meeting with Odisha officials over border issues, a report said Saturday.
The Andhra Pradesh officials also expressed their inability to stop implementation of developmental works in the village when asked by their Odisha counterparts at the meeting held at Chatua guest house two days back.
In his reply, Dumuriguda tehsildar CH Nagamma, who was leading the Andhra delegation, said halting developmental works is beyond their capacity.
Andhra Pradesh officials were found to have come to the meeting without any supportive documents or maps to substantiate their claims over Raipahad village for which the meeting failed to yield any positive result. They sought more time to bring the papers and documents.
Reports said that AP officials have distributed ration cards, job cards, voter identity cards, forest land pattas, education and healthcare facilities to 18 families in the village.
The officials were also learnt to have given away houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to 18 families in the village as well as power connection and drinking water facilities. They were also learnt to have had included all the families in the village under MGNREGS.
The revelation has baffled the officials and other members representing the Odisha government as it is construed as an open challenge to the state government.
Sources said Odisha officials had asked their Andhra Pradesh counterparts to come prepare with all relevant documents and maps to the meeting held which was held for the second time on the border issues at Chatua guest house.
However, they brought no documents to substantiate their claims. They could only submit the list of works they had undertaken in the village and the assistance provided to the beneficiaries for which the meeting remained inconclusive.
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