Residents tried to prevent vehicles carrying machinery meant for Godavari Aqua Food Park from passing through the village. The protesters, a majority of them women, threw chilli powder at the women personnel and tried to pour petrol on the policemen. Police lathi-charge residents of K. Bethapudi in West Godavari district on Thursday after they tried to stop heavy machinery of an aqua food unit. | Photo Credit: AVG PRASADSix police personnel were injured at Kamsali Bethapudi on Thursday when they were allegedly attacked by villagers who had been agitating against setting up of an aqua park at Tundurru. The residents of Tundurru, Kamsali Bethapudi and Jonnalagaruvu villages, located a few kilometres from the food park site, had been demanding relocation of the factory for the last nine months.
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