VCK cadres stage protest in Krishnagiri
The Hindu
Members of the Vidhuthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi staged a protest at the Integrated Court complex in Krishnagiri highlighting various demands including denial of pathways to graveyards, non-distribution of Adi Dravidar Welfare Department acquired lands on Monday.
Members of the Vidhuthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi staged a protest at the Integrated Court complex in Krishnagiri on Monday highlighting various demands including right over the pathway to graveyards, and distribution of Adi Dravidar Welfare Department acquired lands.
The protesters alleged that the lands acquired by the Department of Adi Dravidar Welfare in 1986 in Madepatty were still not distributed to the beneficiaries. The protesters also demanded pathways to graveyards and removal of encroachments along Scheduled Caste housing settlements. The members threatened to handover their “Aadhaar and Voter IDs to the Court” as a symbolic surrender of their democratic rights. However, the police intervened and held talks, following which the protesters dispersed.
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.