Works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) were withdrawn from Allagadda town after it was upgraded into a municipality from a panchayat, daily wagers complained to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh during his Yuva Galam padayatra on May 22 (Monday).
Mr. Lokesh completed the Nandyal leg of the Yuva Galam padaytra and entered Jammalamadugu Assembly Constituency in Kadapa district on Monday evening.
At Peddachintakunta village in Allagadda constituency, a group of daily wagers met Mr. Lokesh and urged him to prevail upon the government to get the MGNREGS works resumed.