Nellore, December 12: Pro-united Andhra Pradesh activists today disrupted supply of Krishna water to Chennai in protest against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s announcement setting in motion the process for statehood to Telangana.
Upset with the statement made on Wednesday by Mr Chidambaram who hails from Tamil Nadu, activists cutting across partylines stopped the supply from the Kandaleru reservoir toChennai.
Senior TDP leader and former minister S Chandramohan Reddy told reporters that Mr Chidambaram had hurt the feelings of the people of Andhra who were against division of the state.
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai through his reported statement that Hyderabad would be the capital of the new state of Telangana when it is carved out from Andhra Pradesh, added fuel to fire at a time when coastal Andhra was witnessing intense agitations, he alleged.
–Agencies