World · 24 Oct
Andhra Pradesh: Veligonda oustees left out of local body polls
AI summaryNearly 9,825 residents displaced by the Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Reservoir Project will be unable to vote in the upcoming local body elections in Markapuram district due to pending administrative and technical procedures linked to their rehabilitation. Official sources said seven affected villages lost voting rights after the original gram panchayats ceased to exist following submergence. Authorities have announced that elections will be conducted in 402 of the district’s 406 gram panchayats, with polls not being held in the four submerged panchayats.
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