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Rally held highlighting drinking water scarcity
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), CPM and CPI jointly organised a rally here on Wednesday, protesting the apathy of officials in tackling the severe drinking water shortage in all the four mandals of Kuppam Assembly constituency.
Kuppam (Chittoor): The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), CPM and CPI jointly organised a rally here on Wednesday, protesting the apathy of officials in tackling the severe drinking water shortage in all the four mandals of Kuppam Assembly constituency.
Highlights:
- YSRCP, CPI and CPM leaders jointly organised a rally in Kuppam .
- YSRCP opposes handing over a building located in the Kuppam town to PES Medical College management for running an urban health centre.
The activists and leaders of the three parties holding placards marched through the streets, shouting slogans against the government and demanding to take relief measures in the drought affected constituency on war-foot basis. The rally which took off from Tirupati Gangamma temple culminated in a dharna before Tahsildar office.
Addressing the gathering, YSRCP constituency in-charge Chandramouli said 260 out of 400 habitations are facing drinking water scarcity and fodder shortage. “It has become difficult for farmers to save cattle from dying,” he added. He sought the administration to take steps for transportation of water through tankers on daily basis to all the affected villages. The YSRCP leader stressed on the time bound completion of Handri-Neeva project for resolving drinking water problem on a permanent basis.
He also opposed handing over the building located in the middle of Kuppam town to PES Medical College management for running an urban health centre. The government should develop it as a market complex for the benefit of horticulture and floriculture farmers to sale their produce, he added.
