Hyderabad: As the price rise of fuel hits a notch higher, unrest and anger among the public snowballs. People in Hyderabad started throwing bikes and LPG cylinders in the Hussain Sagar lake which came into notice of Telangana's Industry and Information Technology Minister KT Rama Rao — Fondly called KTR. The Minister on Tuesday condemned the action of protestors who threw a motorbike and a gas cylinder into Hussain Sagar lake during the protest over hike in petrol and LPG prices.
"Protest is an important part of democracy to attract the attention of governments and people but irresponsible behaviour such as these, throwing bikes and cylinders into lakes is reprehensible," tweeted Rama Rao, who is also the working president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
He requested Home Minister Mahmood Ali and Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy to issue instructions for stern action. KTR posted two photographs of the protests organised by the opposition parties in Hyderabad recently.
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Youth Congress workers during a protest against a hike in fuel prices on June 11 threw a bike into Hussain Sagar lake In Hyderabad. Last week, some women protestors threw a gas cylinder into the same lake. The bizarre incident occurred during a rally organised by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI) to protest against Rs 25 hike in the cost of cooking gas cylinder.
Their actions came under criticism from some citizens, who say that this would further add to the problem of pollution in the lake.