Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and a host of other senior Congress leaders staged a sit-in protest on the main road near Bhadrachalam on Tuesday after being allegedly prevented from visiting the flood-affected Sunnambatti and other riverside villages in Dummugudem mandal by the police.
Mr Vikramarka along with Bhadrachalam MLA Podem Veeraiah, Mulugu MLA Seethakka, Manthani MLA D Sridhar Babu and others was on his way to visit Sunnambatti, a riverside village situated near the Dummugudem Anicut, where the Sitamma Sagar multipurpose project’s barrage is under construction, sources said.
The police reportedly cited security reasons for denial of permission for the State Congress delegation to visit the interior villages in the “Maoist-affected areas” of the border mandal.
