Hyderabad, April 19 -- The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday offered a series of sops, including enhanced annuity payment and waiver of crop loans up to Rs.1.5 lakh, to farmers of Amaravati, who give away their lands for the second phase of land pooling as part of the expansion of capital city region, people familiar with the development said.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced these sops at a meeting with the farmers of Tadikonda and Pedakurapadu constituencies at his Undavalli residence on Friday night. "The meeting went on beyond midnight and after listening to the demands of the farmers, the chief minister agreed to some of their demands," an official of AP capital region development authority said.

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