The anti and pro dharnas over the construction of the Mallannasagar project gained momentum on Friday.
On one side, the Etigadda Kistapur villagers have been observing a relay fast for the last one month demanding justice to them, and on the other, the farmers in Medak and Nizamabad staged protests demanding immediate construction of the project. The farmers of the Mirdoddi and Dubbak mandals organized rallies demanding the construction of the project on Friday.
At Nizamabad Dharna Chowk, TRS MLA Govardhan alleged that the Opposition parties were making unnecessary fuss over the Mallannasagar project. The activists raised slogans against the Congress, TDP and BJP, and burnt effigies of the Opposition parties. The farmers association in the Morthad mandal demanded that the government construct the Mallannasagar project immediately.
Meanwhile, Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao warned the Opposition parties of severe consequences if they obstructed to the Mallannasagar project works. After launching the Baswapur project lift irrigation works in the Nizamabad district, Rao asked to the Opposition parties not to politicize the issue for the sake of four villages. He also assured that the TRS government would assist those displaced by the Mallannasagar project in all respects.