Alleging that the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government is not taking any action to implement the court orders, the APS had decided to take out maha padayatra. Police had imposed various restrictions during the march titled Nyayasthanam (High Court) to Devasthanam (Tirumala temple). Last year, the farmers and landowners undertook a 45-day long padayatra from Amaravati to Tirupati. It is aimed at mounting pressure on the government to complete the constructions and infrastructure creation in Amaravati as ordered by the High Court on March 3 this year. The padayatra with the slogan 'Build Amaravati Save Andhra Pradesh' is proposed to conclude at Arasavalli in Srikakulam district on November 11 after passing through 16 districts. Visakhapatnam, which has been declared the administrative capital, is also on the route of the long march. The APS leader was also told that the regions which form the route of the proposed maha padayatra have different aspirations. He said though the court had given conditional permission for the padayatra, the conditions were violated. The DGP recalled that APS organised a padayatra last year from Amaravati to Tirumala. Director General of Police Rajendranath Reddy issued an order late on Thursday night, denying permission for the march on the ground that there was an apprehension of breach of peace.ĪPS General Secretary Gadde Tirupati Rao received the order from DGP past midnight on Thursday. The court had taken up the hearing on Thursday but adjourned the hearing to Friday after the state government informed it that the Director General of Police would be passing orders on the application of APS by the end of Thursday. The Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi (APS) had approached the High Court, seeking direction to the police to give permission for the padayatra.

It also asked the organisers to seek prior permission for the public meeting to be organised at the end of the long march. The court laid down the condition that not more than 600 people should participate in the march. Justice C Manavendranath Roy directed the police to consider the request made by the farmers and landowners, and grant them permission for the maha padayatra from Amaravati to Arasavalli in Srikakulam district.

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