Top Andhra Pradesh news developments of the day
The Hindu
Key news developments from Andhra Pradesh today
1. BJP leaders to meet the Director General of Police (DGP) to complain about the increasing attacks on women and girls.
2. Police step up surveillance on private ambulance operations across Chittoor, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka borders
3. CPI leaders slept in front of a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Anantapur overnight in protest against the arrest of State party secretary K. Ramakrishna. Mr. Ramakrishna was arrested while proceeding to Vijayawada to participate in ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ agitation against the rise in prices of essential commodities. The agitation will be intensified today.
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While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.