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The Gazette notification establishing the Railway Zone with Visakhapatnam arsenic its headquarters is simply a corporate triumph of governmental parties, civilian nine and nationalist organisations, J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy, Convener of the Railway Zone Sadhana Samithi and Communist Party of India (CPI) State Secretariat member, said connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026).
Speaking astatine a media league astatine the CPI bureau successful Allipuram, helium said the realisation of the South Coast Railway (SCoR) portion was the effect of a relentless 40-year conflict by the radical of North Andhra. He said the movement, driven by students, youth, women’s organisations and antiauthoritarian advocates, had yet reached its goal, and that this was a shared determination accomplishment alternatively than a triumph for immoderate azygous party.
Recalling the strength of the movement, Mr. Murthy said the ruling, absorption and left-wing parties had acceptable speech their differences to signifier a communal platform, which was cardinal to making the long-cherished imagination of North Andhra residents a reality. He said the announcement of operations commencing from Visakhapatnam starting June 1 was backed by the sacrifices of galore leaders who faced arrests and ineligible hurdles during the agitation.
He thanked precocious leaders Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu and erstwhile MP Azeez Pasha, alongside different leaders specified arsenic Palla Srinivasa Rao; Daggubati Purandeswari; Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy; Ayyanna Patrudu; Konathala Ramakrishna; Mutthamsetti Srinivasa Rao; Gudivada Amarnath; P.V.N. Madhav; Botsa Jhansi; and Killi Kruparani.
He besides acknowledged the efforts of section representatives and leaders, including Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu; Ganababu; Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar; Malla Vijaya Prasad; Ch. Narasinga Rao; and Besetti Babji. He gave a peculiar notation to retired railway worker Rama Rao, whose method information proved invaluable passim the struggle.
Mr. Murthy called connected everyone to proceed moving unneurotic to guarantee the benefits of the caller railway portion reached the grassroots level. The gathering was attended by CPI leaders A. Vimala; S.K. Rahiman; K. Satyanarayana; P. Chandrasekhar; and M. Paidiraju.
