Seema famers demand due share of water

Tirupati:  Demanding the government to do justice to Rayalaseema inhe allocation of river waters for irrigation, farmers of the backward region  will stage dharna in the state capital Amaravati on November 16. Various farmers associations and social organisations in the region joined hands under the banner of `RayalseemaSaaguNeeti Sadhana Samithi (RSSS) to spearhead the movement to press the government to take steps in allocating rightful share of water to the region.  

Speaking to media here on Saturday, Federation of Farmers Association (FFA) state president MGopal Reddy and Ryalaseema IntellectualForum president M Purushottam Reddy said RSSS will take up continuous  struggle to force the government to give priority to Rayalaseemaregion in the allocation of Krishna waters as per `Sri Bagh Agreement’.

The injustice in the water allocation to Rayalaseema is continuing due to the apathy of the successive governments, they said adding that the dharna was to remind people and the government aboutthe  imminent need of fulfilling `Sri Bagh Agreement’ made between the leaders  of  Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema on November 16, 1937 in letter and spirit  to end the raw deal to the backward area for the past several decades.