Cutting across party lines, activists organised relay fast at Markapur and Yerragondapalem on Sunday, demanding the carving out of Markapur-headquartered district out of the existing Prakasam district.
Thousands of medical shop owners and rural medical practitioners took out a procession from the Clock Centre to the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer raising slogans in support of their demand.
Leading the protest, Markapur District Sadhana Samiti convener Sk. Saida faulted the ruling YSRCP legislators from western Prakasam, as also Education Minister A. Suresh, who represents Yerragondapalem constituency in the Assembly, for remaining “indifferent” to the “popular demand” to facilitate speedier development of the backward western parts of the district.
