The injured, identified as Nirmala(45) and Sabitha(35) belonged to Velluru village of Nagalapuram mandal, were shifted to Nagalapuram Primary Health Centre where doctor was not available at that time which forced the villagers to stage a dharna and ultimately which led to heated argument with staff. However, the staff of …

… water pipes are leaking and nobody repairs them despite repeated requests to the concerned PHE field staff. SDM Mendhar Dr Tanveer Ahmed came to know about the matter and he sent Naib Tehsildar, on the spot who pacified the people. Later. people lifted dharna with the intervention of local Mendhar administration.

… we staged a dharna outside the APPSC building as our examination centre was in the APPSC examination hall. The intention of the dharna wasn’t to tarnish the image of APCS or to question the credibility of APPSC. The sole purpose of the cancellation was to bring to limelight the grievances of the horticulture students.

… at the snail paced investigation, the boy’s people had gathered at the police station and held a ‘chadhai’ as per their local tradition to protest over the death. Sensing a tension, authorities deployed additional forces at Ghantali police station and after some six hours of pacification, the villagers finally withdrew their dharna.