The farmers of Amaravathi today have started the Maha Padayatra from Tulluru and it will reach Tirumala on 17nth. So far the farmers have been agitating for the last 684 days.
They have started the padayatra and will walk around 20 kilometres per day. They will finally reach the Tirumala and then urge upon the God Balaji to save Amaravathi.
They gave done all religious prayers here for the capital and then started the rally. Today being the state Formation day of Andhra Pradesh, they have started this Maha padayatra.
So far the Government never bothered to look into the issue. All the political parties except the ruling party are supporting the cause of the farmers and capital.
The yatra will reach tadikonda. They will reach Tirumala by December 17 and it will converge into a mass rally. There is overwhelming support for the farmer’s rally for want Amravathi to remain as the main capital.
The agitation will soon reach the two years mark. Never before the agitation of this kind happened in any part of the country.