Sharmila to resume walking from Turkayamjal

5 Feb, 2013 12:48 IST

Hyderabad, Feb 5, 2013: Smt. Y.S. Sharmila will resume Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra from Wednesday, Feb 6.

Smt. Sharmila, who began the Padayatra on Oct 18, 2012 from Idupulapaya in YSR district on behalf of YSR Congress party president Sri Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, suspended it on Dec 15 at Turkayamjal in Ranga Reddy district following a knee injury sustained the day before at a public meeting in B. N. Reddy Nagar.

She underwent a keyhole surgery for the ligament injury on Dec 18, 2012 and recently doctors certified she was fit to resume the Padayatra.

Smt. Sharmila will resume Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra at 9.30 am on Wednesday from SSR Gardens near Turkayamjal in Hayat Nagar Mandalam where the Yatra was suspended, according to Padayatra coordinators K.K.Mahender Reddy and Talasila Raghu Ram.

The Yatra, covering a distance of 15.5 km, will pass through the villages of Ragannaguda, Manneguda Cross Roads, Bongluru, Mangalpally, Seriguda and will reach Ibrahimpatnam where she will address a public meeting at the end of the day.