Woman dies of sun stroke

By Our Staff Reporter

CUDDAPAH, MAY 2. A 65-year-old woman, Pidigundla Subbamma of Yerragudipadu village, who waited for several hours at Kogatam village in Kamalapuram mandal before being given the cheque for old age pension, died of sun stroke while returning to her village on Tuesday.

Pidigundla Subbamma went to the gram sabha at Kogatam village and waited for a few hours in the scorching heat for old age pension. She received a cheque for Rs. 225 and while returning to her native village, she collapsed and died of sun stroke.

Women staged a protest holding aloft broomsticks and slippers in Thoomukunta village in Galiveedu mandal alleging irregularities in the payment of compensation for crop losses. The protesting women alleged that the village administrative officer was biased and committed irregularities in enlisting farmers who suffered crop losses. The payment of compensation was also not done properly, they alleged.

The gram sabha of `Neeru-Meeru' Janmabhoomi was stalled for around half an hour by Congress functionaries in Yerragudipadu village. The Congressmen vociferously protested, alleging that only Telugu Desam Party sympathisers who lost crops were given cheques towards compensation. The protestors alleged that the officials denied payment of compensation to farmers, who sympathised with the Congress.

The people staged a protest against the officials' negligence in plugging the leakage to the water scheme in Tavvarupalle village in Khajipet mandal. Two groups had an altercation and clashed on their demand to shift an anganwadi centre, leading to tension in the area. There was poor response from people to the Janmabhoomi programme in Padamatikona, Banamala and Kalibanda villages in Chinnamandem mandal.

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