Tree laden with Jackfruit. Nimmala Padu village in Andhra Pradesh. This village successfully resisted move by the private mining companies to set up mines.
There were reports from both, Punjab and Haryana, of national highways, state highways, link roads and railway tracks being completely blocked, bringing road and rail traffic to a halt. In other states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the shutdown evoked a mixed response. Here, two protestors sit near barricades put up by the administration at Ghazipur.
A partially damaged statue of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy stands tall among the pile of rubble and abandoned houses in Dandangi village in East Godavari district.
A partially damaged statue of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekhar Reddy stands tall among the pile of rubble and abandoned houses in Dandangi village in East Godavari district.
A partially damaged statue of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekhar Reddy stands tall among the pile of rubble and abandoned houses in Dandangi village in East Godavari district.