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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Special Correspondent
Congress and TRS activists were staging rasta roko in protest against the denial of water to the farmers under the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme ayacut. The road was cleared for traffic after the police intervened and resorted to the lathicharge to disperse the crowd resulting in injuries to some activists. The Mahabubnagar district bandh call given by the TRS evoked good response, with shops and establishments remaining closed. The TRS bandh, backed by the Congress Forum for Telangana, was by and large peaceful barring the lathicharge. Over 300 activists, including Congress leaders — D.K. Bharatsimha Reddy and D.K. Aruna — and the TRS legislator, R. Ravindranath Reddy, were arrested when they were staging protest demonstrations at Gadwal. All the arrested were released later. Senior TRS leaders, including the party general secretary, M. Kishan Rao, the Nizamabad ZP chairman, S. Santosh Reddy, and the Karimnagar Municipal chairman, Hanmanth Reddy, were also arrested when they tried to stage a rasta roko in different parts of the twin cities and other Telangana districts. Our Kurnool Staff Reporter writes from Gadwal: The leaders demanded from the Joint Collector, Sasidhar, a clear commitment on the closure of pipes at RDS anaicut and supply of 15.9 tmcft to the RDS farmers. Earlier, the Joint Collector urged the leaders to lift the road blockade considering the hardship to the stranded commuters. When some of the leaders were arrested angry protesters resisted the arrests and tried to block the vehicles. They broke glass panes of an RTC bus and a lorry. A few persons, including a reporter of a Telugu daily, sustained minor injuries. The arrested were shifted to Itikyala police station. The leaders said they would spread the movement to all districts of Telangana region if the Government continued to neglect the problems of RDS farmers. Passengers of some of the long distance services which were held up were inconvenienced by the blockade. Long row of vehicles was witnessed at the northern end while the vehicles coming from the south were regulated at different places. In Kurnool district, police asked the crew to stop their vehicles near road side eateries until the blockade was lifted. Traffic movement resumed at 4 p.m. The RTC regulated the services passing through Alampur and Erravalli crossroads. Our Mahabubnagar Correspondent adds: Coming down heavily on the district Ministers besides district in-charge Minister, who made a categorical assurance at the recently held D.D.R.C. meeting that the pipes would be closed within three days, political leaders said that the Ministers had mortgaged the interest of R.D.S. ayacutdars to save their posts. They demanded the resignation of the Ministers for `cheating' R.D.S. farmers. They declared that the blockade of National Highway for the rightful share of R.D.S. ayacutdars in Tungabhadra river water was only a beginning of their agitation, and added that it would continue till the goal was achieved. A significant point in the speeches of Congress leaders was that they strongly advocated for separate statehood for Telangana region. Exploitation of Rayalaseema and Andhra people would go only in separate Telangana State, they said.
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