The Nandyal and Kurnool Police put TDP leader and former MLA Gowru Charitha Reddy and the party’s Nandyal unit president Gowru Venkata Reddy under house arrest on Thursday morning after they announced that they would visit the controlled blasting site of the Greenko at Pinnapuram village for construction of a water reservoir. They also planned to console a tribal girl from Gumitham Thanda, who was allegedly sexually assaulted.
Mr. Venkata Reddy told The Hindu that some houses were damaged in Pinnapuram village when the company did a test for open and controlled blast some four days ago. “The villagers fear the splinters from the actual blast would hit them,” he said.
On Wednesday, Panyam MLA Katasani Rambhupal Reddy and officials held a Grama Sabha, seeking consent of the people to transfer Gadivemula, Pinnapuram and Thimmarajupalle villages to Orvakal mandal in Kurnool district from Nandyal district.
