Activists of the Markapur District Sadana Samiti(MDSS) held a novel stir for formation of a separate district with Markapur as the headquarters as their protest entered the 40th day on Monday.
The activists, who continued their relay fast in front of the office of the Revenue Division Officer, picked broom sticks and cleaned the main thoroughfares.
Western parts of Prakasam district would witness speedier development only by creating a new district to facilitate decentralised administration, said MDSS Chairman K. Narayana Reddy.
The innovative protest was to remind the ruling YSR Congress MLAs from western Prakasam that they would have to fall by the wayside if they remained mute spectators to the popular demand for formation of a new district comprising the Assembly segments of Kanigiri, Darsi, yerragondapalem, Giddalur and Markapur, said MDSS Convener Sk Saida after cleaning the stretch near the head post office.
