Upset with the lukewarm response to their 50-day stir, members of the Markapur District Sadana Samiti(MDSS) launched an indefinite fast on Friday demanding formation of a new district comprising western parts of Prakasam district.
The agitators led by MDSS Chairman Kandula Narayana Reddy lamented that the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy government allegedly remained indifferent to the popular demand for carving out from Prakasam district a new district comprising the Assembly segments of Darsi, Kanigiri, Yerragondapalem, Giddalur and Markapur.