Farmers from the capital region of Amaravati launched a 24-hour hunger strike at Velagapudi, near here, on Thursday, coinciding with the 800 days of their agitation against the State government’s decision to shift the capital to Visakhapatnam.
The farmers, who included women, opposed the sale of lands in Amaravati. The farmers said they had parted with fertile lands for establishment of the capital for the new State post bifurcation.
“The government now plans to monetise the lands and channel the funds for welfare schemes. We will not accept any such move. The lands in Amaravati should be used for the development of the capital alone,” they asserted.
