Tension prevailed at Girmapur in Sadasivapet as a large number of farmers came out to protest against the survey of lands for the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR) when officials reached there to demarcate land on Thursday.
Since an interchange was proposed at Girmapur
on NH-65, farmers from Girmapur and Peddapur were set to lose nearly 200 acres of land. The interchange will connect the northern and southern parts of the RRR here. Expecting the protest, officials had deployed large numbers of police personnel to ensure that the survey was carried out peacefully.