Activists of the CPI (M) laid siege to the Khammam District Collectorate in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday in protest against the alleged failure of the government to come to the rescue of the farmers who were badly affected by water and electricity problems.Party activists in large numbers gathered in front of the Collectorate and staged a massive demonstration resenting the government's alleged indifferent attitude towards mitigating the woes of farmers.
Addressing the gathering, party district secretary Pothineni Sudarshan Rao alleged that the government was responsible for the present miserable plight of the farmers who were reeling under severe water and electricity shortage.
“Minister for Horticulture R Venkat Reddy owes an explanation to the farmers for motivating them to go for cultivation of paddy and depriving them of adequate water and power at this crucial juncture,” he said alleging that the government should own up responsibility for the suicides by distressed farmers. He cautioned that the party would launch a massive agitation if the government failed to release adequate water from Nagarjunasagar reservoir to the canals in the second zone and supply assured electricity to the agriculture pumpsets forthwith.
Party leaders Nunna Nageswara Rao, P. Venkateswara Rao and others spoke.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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