Bharat challenges Lokesh to visit Rajamahendravaram
Deccan ChronicleKakinada: Rajamahendravaram MP Margani Bharat Ram challenged that he will take on Telugu Desam national general secretary Nara Lokesh politically if he visits Rajamahendravaram as part of his Yuvagalam Padayatra. Bharat told media at Nallajerla in East Godavari district on Sunday that during his padayatra, Lokesh is threatening officials in the name of “Red Book” that he has with names of officials and bureaucrats who have been causing hurdles in his padayatra. Speaking about the development, Bharat said national highways minister Nitin Gadkari is paying special attention to development of the Greenfield Highway from Suyapeta to Vizianagaram through Khammam, Devarapalli, Rajamahendravaram, Gokavaram and Rampachodavaram agency at a cost of ₹3,200 crore. The MP said Gadkari has okayed the proposal of the AP Chief Minister for a bridge across Polavaram from Khammam and Buttayidgudem, which will connect Devipatnam and Rampachodavaram, reducing the travelling distance to Vizianagaram by 40 kilometres along the national highway.