Fix boundary line between Telangana, AP: HC

Hyderabad: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising of acting Chief Justice Dilip B Bhosale and Justice P Naveen Rao on Friday directed the authorities to conduct survey and fix the boundary between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states at Narikampadu in Krishna district and Guntupally Gokavaram village in Khammam district. In a case filed by some farmers, who complained against the officials of the AP forest department for planting saplings in their land by branding it as reserve forest of Telangana. B Roja and six others filed the case.

After perusing the papers the bench felt that "it's a dispute pertaining to the boundary of both the states and it is better to conduct a joint survey with collectors of both Krishna and Khammam districts to resolve the issue."