CPM seeks Rs 10,000 cr to develop Prakasam

Ongole: The CPM organised the meeting at Sundaraiah Bhavan here on Tuesday. The party district secretary Syed Haneef presided over the meeting, while CPI district secretary ML Narayana, CPM leader GV Kondareddy, CPI-ML New Democracy AP secretary Chittipati Venkateswarlu, Samyukt Kisan Morcha district convener Chunduri Rangarao, retired deputy collector Peraiah, Ongole Nagara Abhivruddhi Committee leader Marella Subbarao and others participated.

The members at the roundtable demanded that the Union government to grant Rs 10,000 crore for the development of the backward Prakasam district.

They meeting explained that the district was formed on February 2, 1970, by merging the backward parts from Guntur, Nellore, and Kurnool districts and the district has been neglected in development and remained backward since then.

They said that they agitated several times for the passing of resolutions to announce Prakasam district as a backward district-- at the ZP meetings, Assembly, and council. They seek the funds for the development of the district, Veligonda project, Ramatheertham, Paletipalli, Sangameswara reservoirs, NIMZ at Kanigiri and Donakonda Mega Industrial Hub.