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- In 1983, the N.T.R Government abruptly abolished the Patel and Patwari systems.
- In Telangana, Patel and Patwaris used to look after the Ponds/ Tanks with the help of “Niradi”.
- With the abolition of Patel – Patwari system, there was no one to take care of the ponds/tanks.
- The then Telugu Desam rulers said that they abolished Patel – Patwari system to end the landlordism in Villages.
- But failed to devise a better alternative system than that.
- It could not devise a mechanism for proper land survey and for land records management at Village level and Mandal level.
- The most important things, land distribution and land reforms, were not touched by the N.T.R government.
