PEOPLE have to pay
a heavy price to reside in the vicinity of a VVIP’s house. The
residents of Dharam Karan Road, where Chief Minister K Rosaiah resides,
on Monday, had to face the full brunt of a Chief Minister residing in
their area.People residing near Chief Minister K Rosaiah’s
residence on the Dharam Karan Road, Ameerpet had a tough time on Monday
morning as police blocked all roads in the area. They were fearful that
the followers of Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal would surround the
CM’s house. Commuters had to take alternative routes to head towards
the Balkampet-Begumpet stretch as police closed the main road in front
of the CM’s residence.After his release by the Cyberabad police,
Rajagopal reached Rosaiah’s house around 11 am. By then, hundreds of
Congress leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema reached there.Chaos
prevailed on the Dharam Karan Road. Even as the CM’s neighbours tried
to enter the locality to reach their homes, police objected. “I don’t
know why the police did not allow me to go to my house which is
situated beside the CM’s residence. I had to take an alternate route to
reach my place,” Chandini Lal, a neighbour of CM said.A group of
students, who reside in Ashok Towers in the locality, were seen arguing
with the police. “We had no other option but to use this road as we
reside in the house adjacent to the CM. Today, the police are not
permitting us to reach our homes,” rued Sandeepa Reddy, an Intermediate
student.About 15 apartments and individual houses are located
near the CM’s house and more than 100 families stay in them. It’s a
constant struggle for them to reach home, particularly at night, as
police block their way almost on a daily basis.“We made a
representation to the Chief Minister a few days back about the police
preventing us from even walking on the street and blocking the road
completely at times,” K Subba Rayudu, a local said.A pan shop owner in the locality, Pavan, says: “Police close my shop forcibly whenever they anticipate trouble.”“Ever
since Mr Rosaiah took charge as the Chief Minister, we started facing
problems as police block roads for several minutes when the CM’s convoy
passes by. Similar is the situation when some dignitaries visit his
house,” another resident, Ramesh Yadav said.Police, when
contacted by Expresso, said they have to block traffic and sometimes
frisk people, even if they are locals, in view of security constraints.
“We restrict movement of traffic on the road sometimes as four-wheelers
of dignitaries block the road,” an official in the CM’s Security Wing
added.
Mouli Mareedu
mouli@expressbuzz.com
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