TDP blames government for sand scarcity in Tirupati

Tirupati: The TDP cadre organised a dharna at Nalugu Kalla Mandapam in Tirupati on Friday, protesting against government's inaction in addressing the sand scarcity in the State.

Former MLA M Suguna, former TUDA Chairman G Narasimha Yadav and other leaders participated in the meeting. They criticised government for pushing people into severe hardship with the non-availability of sand. Entire construction sector has collapsed throwing labourers in unorganised sector into miseries.

They said, in Tirupati itself, hundreds of constructions have come to a standstill. The State has never faced this type of situation earlier. The government was not responding to the woes of people.

The leaders have warned the government that if it fails to resolve the issue, TDP will intensify its agitation. To benefit the party leaders, only the State government has been trying to get a new sand policy but not to benefit people, they criticised. People have been facing severe shortage of water also in the city and in several colonies, water being supplied once in 4-5 days.

The party cadre has formed a human chain and raised slogans against the government due to which traffic came to a standstill. Police has entered the scene to convince the party cadre and restored traffic after some time. Party leaders D Bhaskar Yadav, RC Munikrishna, S Sudhakar Reddy, N Balaji, Sridhar Varma and others have participated.