Congress leaders stage dharna against illegal sand mining

Rajanna-Sircilla district Congress Committee (DCC) leaders on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate in Sircilla opposing illegal sand mining in the district.

The leader asserted that the Congress, if voted to power in Telangana, would provide sand free of cost to the housing sector in a bid to protect natural resources.

Former MP Ponnam Prabhakar, Jagtial legislator T Jeevan Reddy, former Minister D Sridhar Babu and DCC president K Mrutyunjayam participated in the dharna and rasta roko.

Alleging that the TRS government was encouraging the sand mafia, they accused the government of protecting cops who allegedly tortured the villagers of Nerella for hindering the mafia’s illegal activities.