Telangana students protest over rain-damaged road, officials promise action

Students staged a protest near Bhattupalli village in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, demanding immediate repairs to a rain-damaged road that left them unable to reach their school.

Wading through rainwater and standing on the muddy stretch of the Kagaznagar-Dahegaon main road, the students demonstrated against what they called official apathy despite repeated complaints about the road’s condition.

The protest led to a traffic jam, with vehicles stuck on both sides of the road. Officials intervened after the demonstration disrupted movement for over an hour.

Kagaznagar Tahsildar Madhukar visited the site and assured the students that repair work would start within two days. Following his assurance, the students withdrew their protest.

In another incident, tribal residents of Solubongu in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Seetharamaraju district finally found relief after years of neglect finally gave way to action. Days after India Today highlighted the plight of the Nuka Dora tribe living in the remote hamlet, officials swung into action, visited the village, and launched long-pending road work.

For years, 12 children from the village had to cross the three-kilometre Raiwada reservoir by boat and walk another two kilometres to reach Thamarabba MPP School, a risky ordeal, especially during rains, illnesses, or emergencies.

As immediate relief, Araku Tribal Welfare EE Venugopal Rao sanctioned Rs 3 crore for constructing a gravel road, while a special school for the children was also sanctioned.

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