Sharmila to cover 5 villages on 212th day

Vizianagaram, July 17, 2013: On the 212^th day of her Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra, Smt. Sharmila began her walkathon from Maradam in Vizianagaram district on Wednesday as thousands of people had followed her.

Before she resumed her Padayatra, scores of handloom workers and farmers met her and listed out their problems. Farmers told her the Government has not yet paid them the Nilam cyclone compensation.

Shikargunj Junction, Burjala valasa, Arikatota, Busayavalasa and Ramabhadrapuram villages, spread over a distance of 16.2 km, are listed on her Padayatra schedule for the day. For most part of the day, the Padayatra will take place in Bobbili constituency.