Protestors lathicharged
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Protestors lathicharged
Delay in Dummugudem lift scheme
KHAMMAM: Police resorted to lathicharge on the CPI (ML New Democracy) workers, who staged a massive protest here today denouncing the delay in the implementation of the lift irrigation schemes proposed on Godavari at Dummugudem and Rudramkota.
Many of the partymen including the district Secretary Ranga Rao and former Secretary Rangaiah were hurt in the incident.
Rasta roko
The police took recourse to caning as the party workers attempted to lay siege to the Collectorate preventing the officials and employees from entering their offices.
As the police dispersed them from the Collectorate, the protesters came in a big rally to the bus station centers and staged a rasta roko disrupting the vehicular traffic for some time on the Suryapet- Aswaraopet road.
The CPI (ML New Democracy) district Secretary, P. Ranga Rao condemned the police lathicharge on the party workers protesting peacefully in the Collectorate center.
He said that the party would observe Sunday as black day in protest against the police action.
The lathicharge was uncalled for, he said adding that the protest would be intensified for the same demands from January.
The New Democracy organised seven Praja Jathas as part of the week long campaign covered 903 villages in 43 of the 46 revenue mandals and held 495 public meetings.
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posted by Bimal 12/31/2006 09:29:00 AM,
