Farmers of the remote Pedaganjam village in Prakasam district staged a noisy protest in their village on Monday against the proposed mega textile park to create world class infrastructure to facilitate setting up of apparel manufacturing units.
The villagers had heated exchanges with a team of officials led by Chinaganjam Tehsildar Kanakaiah which went to the village in connection with the land survey for acquisition of about 30 acres for the ‘cotton-to-garment’ textile park proposed to be taken up in the village to give a fillip to garment manufacturing and create additional employment, particularly for women.
Additional forces were rushed to the village by Chinaganjam Sub-Inspector B.Narasimha Rao to avert further trouble.
The villagers did not allow the officials to carry on their work and maintained that they should be given an opportunity to take up the issue with TDP MLA from Parchur Y.Sambasiva Rao and District Collector Sujata Sharma. As their repeated pleas to allow them to discharge their official duties went in vain, the local officials returned without completing their work in connection with an Integrated Textile Park aimed at promoting apparel and ancillary units.
