konaseema sadhana samithi

The Amalapuram incident in which the houses of a minister and a MLA were set ablaze by the angry protesters has once again brought the failures of intelligence department and the preparedness of the police.

The police in Amalapuram town of Andhra Pradesh have arrested 46 people in connection with Tuesday's large-scale violence in which houses of a minister and MLA were set afire, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Curfew has been declared in the area and there is heavy police presence, with over 2,000 cops deployed to maintain peace in the district.

The villages in Rayalaseema are experiencing an increase in labor migration as a result of severe drought conditions. Insufficient rainfall and low inflows into irrigation projects have exacerbated the drought situation during the kharif season. Crops, reliant on groundwater, are also suffering due to prolonged dry spells. As a result, people from various districts in Andhra Pradesh are leaving their villages and migrating to cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru in search of employment opportunities. The situation is dire, with standing crops withering away and limited water reserves.