Aggrieved residents of Subash Nagar Colony, one of the flood-affected areas in Bhadrachalam, staged a dharna in the temple town on Saturday to protest against the recurring problem of flooding with almost seasonal regularity.
Scores of denizens, mainly comprising women, squatted on the main road in front of the Government Degree College to press for concrete measures to find a permanent solution to the recurring floods in the low-lying areas of the temple town during the rainy season almost every year. CPI(M) cadres also joined the protest.
Addressing the dharna, CPI(M) State committee member Machha Venkateshwarlu alleged that the State government failed to respond to the repeated pleas of the denizens of the temple town to extend the karakatta (flood bank) along the banks of the Godavari and strengthen the flood protection mechanism to find a lasting solution to the recurring problem in Bhadrachalam.
