Residents of flood-prone areas in Bhadrachalam under the aegis of the CPI(M) town committee staged a dharna in front of the sub-Collector’s office here on Tuesday demanding concrete measures to fortify the flood protection mechanism in Bhadrachalam.
The dharna was organised in continuation of the padayatras in flood-prone areas by the CPI(M) cadres to highlight the urgent need for flood protection measures in and around the temple town to save it from the ‘potential threat’ of ‘submergence’ from the backwaters of the Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
The demonstrators squatted outside the sub-Collector’s office and displayed banners to press for their charter of demands. The demands include raising the height of the karakatta (flood bank) along the Godavari in the temple town and extending it up to Nellipaka and Lakshminagaram.
