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Protests rage over rejig of districts
People in many places have been seriously opposing the reorganisation of districts taken up by the Telangana government. Those who hoped that their region would become a district or mandal, have been staging protest programmes against the announcement of the new districts, revenue divisions and mandals by the State government.
Hyderabad: People in many places have been seriously opposing the reorganisation of districts taken up by the Telangana government. Those who hoped that their region would become a district or mandal, have been staging protest programmes against the announcement of the new districts, revenue divisions and mandals by the State government.
The Sircilla Zilla Sadhana Samithi JAC has given a 48-hour band call demanding that the State government make Sircilla as district. The agitators staged dharna in front of the RTC depot. They burnt tyres on main roads and at Gandhi Chowk and Ambedkar Chowrastha.
They destroyed glass panes of a petrol bunk at old bus stand. They destroyed glasses of an RTC bus when it was going towards Vampelli through Ambedkar Chowrasta. All-party leaders staged a rasta roko at Nethanna Chowk. The business and commercial shops have been closed voluntarily and educational institutions announced a holiday.
On the other hand, agitations were on the rise demanding that State government make Korutla as a revenue division. The Revenue Division Sadhana Samithi has given a 48-hour band call from Tuesday. The educational, business, commercial and cinema halls have been closed on their own. The leaders have taken up bike rally in Korutla town.
In Warangal district, Sammakka Sarakka Zilla Sadhana Samithi has given a bandh call demanding that the State government make Mulugu as new district. The TDP activists and students participated in the agitation by taking up rasta rokos. Women organisations and businessmen have taken up agitation demanding that Parakala be made as a revenue division.
Parakala MLA Ch Dharma Reddy alleged that the State government was not responding to their demand though they had been staging agitations for the last one month. He said they had submitted a memorandum as the government failed to respond on it.
Tension prevailed in the Jana Garjana meeting held with the permission of High Court in Jangaon town demanding a district when the local MLA Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy attended the meeting. Agitators raised slogans asking the MLA to go back. MP Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar, former MLAs Sunnam Rajaiah, Mandadi Sathyanarayana and others participated in the meeting.
