A Lifelong Dream of 25 Nomadic Families Comes True

FOR 25 impoverished nomadic families from the Vaddera community, who have lived under tarpaulin sheets for over a decade, the dream of owning a home is finally coming true.

- A SESHACHARYULU @Nalgonda

These families are among 107 beneficiaries in Telakantigudem village, selected under the new state government's Indiramma Housing Scheme.

Telakantigudem, a small village with just 300 houses and a population of 1,176, has long struggled with housing shortages. Over a hundred residents remain without permanent homes. The Vaddera families settled here about 10 years ago on government land, building makeshift shelters and enduring years of hardship, which included rains, floods, scorching heat and the constant threat of snakes and scorpions.