The Eastern Naval Command will get 2,900 acres of land at Dammagudem Reserve Forest for setting up VLF Station Naval Base at Pudur village in Rangareddy district. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has agreed to hand over the land to the Navy for the purpose.
The Navy would pay Rs 115 crore to the State Government for taking up afforestation and towards the net present value of the land. The Chief Minister told Vice Admiral Satish Soni of Eastern Naval Command at the Secretariat that the State Government would help in transfer of land.