Tension gripped Damaragidda in Narayanpet district after farmers opposed a land survey for the Narayanpet–Kodangal Lift Irrigation Project. Farmers raised slogans, demanded Rs.30 lakh per acre as compensation, and staged protests following the arrest of oustee leaders
Dasari Kondappa, a third-generation Burra Veena player from Damaragidda of Narayanpet, and Gaddam Samaiah, a Chindu Yakshaganam theatre artiste from Jangaon have been selected for the Padma Shri awards.
