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Owing to large-scale violence by anti-bifurcation agitators, curfew has been imposed in Vizianagaram, a small town in coastal Andhra . According to police, the curfew would be in force till further orders.
“A lot of violence was reported, with the protesters indulging in arson, looting shops, setting a bank on fire, and damaging public and private properties. In view of the violence, authorities ordered a curfew late last night,” north coastal zone inspector general of police (IGP), Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, said on Monday.
Vizianagaram has been witnessing violent protests since October 3, when the Union Cabinet announced its decision to carve out a separate state out of Andhra Pradesh.
Despite the people being directed not to come out on the roads without permission, anti-bifurcation protesters, however, defied the shoot-at-sight orders and hit the streets in Vizianagaram town and other parts of the district and clashed with the police.
“Additional police have been deployed in the town. The 48-hour bandh called by the Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Association got over on Saturday night. Situation in Seemandhra is under control,” Rao said.
The protesters have been targeting the properties run by Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Botsa Satyanarayana and his family in Vizianagaram since the last two days. They set fire to the district cooperative central bank, and a college and cable network run by Satyanarayana's family members.
Meanwhile, over 30,000 electricity employees of Seemandhra launched an indefinite strike on Sunday. This has affected power supply in six districts of the state. Seemandhra electricity employees' joint action committee (JAC) chairman R Sai Baba said there would be no exemption to emergency services, including hospitals, water supply and agriculture.
With the electricity employees tripping sub-stations, the South Central Railway (SCR) today cancelled seven passenger trains between Vijayawada and Renigunta.
“A lot of violence was reported, with the protesters indulging in arson, looting shops, setting a bank on fire, and damaging public and private properties. In view of the violence, authorities ordered a curfew late last night,” north coastal zone inspector general of police (IGP), Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, said on Monday.
Vizianagaram has been witnessing violent protests since October 3, when the Union Cabinet announced its decision to carve out a separate state out of Andhra Pradesh.
Despite the people being directed not to come out on the roads without permission, anti-bifurcation protesters, however, defied the shoot-at-sight orders and hit the streets in Vizianagaram town and other parts of the district and clashed with the police.
“Additional police have been deployed in the town. The 48-hour bandh called by the Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Association got over on Saturday night. Situation in Seemandhra is under control,” Rao said.
The protesters have been targeting the properties run by Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Botsa Satyanarayana and his family in Vizianagaram since the last two days. They set fire to the district cooperative central bank, and a college and cable network run by Satyanarayana's family members.
Meanwhile, over 30,000 electricity employees of Seemandhra launched an indefinite strike on Sunday. This has affected power supply in six districts of the state. Seemandhra electricity employees' joint action committee (JAC) chairman R Sai Baba said there would be no exemption to emergency services, including hospitals, water supply and agriculture.
With the electricity employees tripping sub-stations, the South Central Railway (SCR) today cancelled seven passenger trains between Vijayawada and Renigunta.