Amaravati farmers begin Maha Padayatra at Thullur
The Hindu
Over 5,000 people march 14.5 km on first day
The Maha Padayatra, a 45-day walkathon by farmers and other land owners belonging to Thullur and Tadikonda mandals of Amaravati, began on Monday at Thullur.
More than 5,000 people gathered and marched 14.5 km before ending the padayatra for the day at Tadikonda. The protestors had lunch at Pedaparimi.
On Tuesday, they would reach Lam and halt at Guntur.
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The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.