Tension prevailed at Rajaram and Potharam villages in Mallial mandal of Jagtial district on Thursday when a section of the aggrieved local farmers tried to stall the survey for the expansion of the Karimnagar-Jagtial section of the highway alleging that it entailed acquisition of their fertile agricultural lands, posing a serious threat to their livelihoods.
Several aggrieved farmers attempted to halt the survey by squatting in the agricultural fields abutting the highway near Rajaram-Potharam villages in the afternoon, sources said.
Commotion broke out when a section of the distraught farmers threatened to swallow pesticide, which they allegedly had carried with them in bottles, if the Revenue officials did not stop the survey forthwith.
