Plainspeak at public hearing on water issues of Telangana
They had this trademark wobbly walk not of their own making but as they captioned it appropriately, "nature's curse and ruler's sin." For those familiar with their plight, they come from the flourosis- endemic villages of Nalgonda district.
From the other corner, Medak and Nizamabad districts came a group of farmers, once a prosperous lot, growing paddy and sugarcane under Nizamsagar canals till water from Singur was diverted for drinking water purposes. With the lifeline cut and their lands turning fallow, today they are an impoverished lot.
Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May, 15, 2005
