Farmers stage protest over denial of accommodation
The Hindu
Women farmers allege ill-treatment, say mobile toilets were removed
Braving curbs, farmers from Amaravati continued their long march to Tirupati from Marupur village in SPSR Nellore district on Wednesday.
Tension gripped Marupur for over an hour as farmers, led by Amaravati Parirakshana Samiti convenor A.Siva Reddy, staged a road blockade stir on the Marupur-Podalakur road in protest against denial of accommodation allegedly at the behest of ruling YSR Congress Party and removal of vehicles carrying religious symbols of particular minority communities by the police.
Later, they resumed their mahapadayatra on the 31st day to Podalakur, covering a distance of 11 km. The group of 157 farmers, half of them women, cooked food by the road side on the way.