Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakasam district secretary Sd. Hanif will lead a ‘poru baata padayatra‘, a foot march, of the party activists from September 10 to press for funds for the development projects in the drought-prone Prakasam district.
The 300-km-long foot march will begin from Donakonda, where the proposed aerospace industrial hub remained a non-starter and end at Ongole on September 23.
Mr. Hanif said that the Prakasam district, formed by clubbing together the most backward parts of Kurnool, Nellore and Guntur districts for focused development, continued to remain backward five decades later due to the lack of political will. Veligonda project designed to address the water woes of people of the fluoride-hit western Prakasam had missed several deadlines in the past and progressed at a snail’s pace due to fund crunch, he lamented.
The situation had changed from bad to worse after the unscientific reorganisation of districts taken up by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, with the relatively developed parts of Kandukur and Chirala going to neighbouring Nellore and Bapatla districts respectively, he alleged.
