CPI activists stage protest

In agitation mode: CPI leaders staging a dharna at the foot of Indrakeeladri demanding widening of National Highway-5 to remove bottleneck in Vijayawada on Sunday

The Hindu

VIJAYAWADA: Demanding the construction of a flyover on the national highway at the foot of Indrakeeladri hillock, activists of the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday staged a dharna at Asoka Pillar Centre। Holding placards with slogans demanding the construction of flyover, the activists sat on the road for about an hour.
Addressing the activists, party's city unit president K. Subba Raju said that the infrastructure in the city had not been increased on a par with the population, due to which people were facing a lot of problems. “While the other cities have so many bypass roads, inner and outer ring roads, there are no such facilities in Vijayawada,” he said.
Referring to the traffic at Kanakadurga temple, Mr. Subba Raju observed that it was one of the biggest temples in the State and was witnessing huge pilgrim rush every day. “The traffic on the national highway too is very high and hundreds of heavy vehicles take this road daily,” he said. Stating that traffic jams were becoming the order of the day on the highway abutting Indrakeeladri hillock, he said that construction of a flyover was the only solution to address the ever-increasing traffic problem.
State leader of the All India Trade Union Congress Palla Surya Rao, corporators from the CPI P. Durga Bhavani, G. Koteswara Rao, Ramana Babu, Das Prakash and others were present.