Members of the Scheduled Castes of several villages in the Venkatagiri Assembly constituency met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh during his Yuva Galam padayatra on June 23 (Friday) and sought a solution to the problems they were facing in their colonies.
Narrating their woes to Mr. Lokesh, members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Pigilam and Hasthakaveri villages said development never reached their villages.
They complained about the cancellation of the much-awaited water source drawn from the nearby Telugu Ganga canal by the YSRCP government, incomplete concrete roads to their habitations and objection raised by the forest officials to the tribal community for growing plants for their livelihood.