Malleswari's father agrees to alternative proposal

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT. 23. In an apparent bid to end the on-going dispute over the house site allotted to Olympic bronze medalist, Ms. Karnam Malleswari, in Visakhapatnam, her farther, Mr. Karnam Manohar, agreed to consider positively any alternative proposal.

It may be recalled that the site allotted during the tenure of the then Chief Minister, N.T. Rama Rao, is at present involved in a legal dispute with some persons claiming ownership and forcing lot of embarrassment to the State Government.

Speaking this evening at his residence in Amadalavalasa, Mr. Manohar said his family was not very particular that they should be allotted only that specific site. "We are willing to take over any plot of equal dimensions within the periphery of 10 to 15 km of the existing one (Peda Waltair)," he clarified.

Asked about reports that they were very adamant about the disputed site, the ace weightlifter's father said it was given by the Government and not that someone had occupied their own land. "If the district authorities feel that it will take undue delay in handing it over to Malleswari, we will be doubly happy with the alternative proposal with the Government also bearing the expenditure incurred by us in constructing a shed and getting water and power supply at the above site," he said.

Perhaps, this move should come in handy for the District Administration which was under pressure from the higher-ups in the wake of the generosity shown by other States in announcing huge financial assistance to Ms. Malleswari.

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