Kurnool villagers demand street, decide to boycott polls
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The voters of Pudur and Padidempadu in Kurnool district have determined to boycott the panchayat elections scheduled to be held within the second part on February 13, as a part of their protest in opposition to the dearth of correct street connectivity to their villages and the political apathy in direction of fixing the problem.
Even because the nomination course of started on Tuesday, none filed the papers from these villages after the residents campaigned in opposition to collaborating within the elections.
Endless ordeal
According to Kodepogu Mahesh, a resident, a standard black-top method street in a stretch of 5.4 km for the 2 villages in Kodumur Assembly constituency was sanctioned some seven years in the past is but to be accomplished and it’s a problem to attain the hospital within the nearest metropolis.
“As many as 10 persons have died as ambulances could not reach the villages in time. It has become a herculean task for the pregnant woman to travel on the extremely bumpy road in an auto-rickshaw,” Mr. Mahesh stated.
The villagers allege that successive governments and the MLAs who represented Kodumur constituency —TDP’s M. Mani Gandhi (former) and YSRCP’s Jaradoddi Sudhakar (incumbent)—have completed nothing not on this regard.
“The road was sanctioned at an estimated cost of ₹5 crore. The contractor stopped the work midway in 2018 saying that another ₹2 crore was needed to complete the project. Since then, there has been no words from either from the officials or the people’s representatives,” stated K. Raju, a B.Tech scholar.
“The TDP and YSRCP governments have been boasting of their achievements. Many households in the two villages do not toilets. Given the situation, what is the meaning of elections and casting votes?” he requested.
Some residents stated that political events had been doing the rounds of the villages to woo them to battle the panchayat elections and providing to foot the ballot bills. “ We have decided not to cast vote even as some people file nomination papers,” they stated.
