Anantapur: 11 municipal councillors resign

Anantapur: 11 municipal councillors of YSRC from Dharmavaram in Anantapur district tendered their resignations by staging protest against the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for diverting Handri Neeva Sujala Shravanthi water to irrigate his home turf Kuppam constituency in Chittoor district. HNSS project is designed to irrigate major parts of Rayalaseema.

The YSRC municipal councillors alleged that the CM was ignoring urban areas and villages  and was instead focussing on diverting water towards Kuppam. 11 members staged a protest and submitted their resignations to the commissioner.