According to sources currently police have been deployed and special collector Subba Reddy has been appointed to monitor the digging. The fort, which is under the control of the ASI, is now virtually taken over by the district administration.
Presently the government had given a green signal for gold and diamond treasures, believed to have been buried deep down in the fort. Local village committee is also standing witness to the digging. Meanwhile the mining and revenue officials too have been deployed in the 102.54 acre fort, which was part of the Vijayanagara Empire.
But, there are rumors that the descendants of
the royal clan that manned the fort have been kept out of these operations.
Local YSRCP leaders have alleged that the TDP leaders may have been involved in
these digging operations. Meanwhile, a large number of locals and the people
from the neighboring villages have flocked to the fort to witness the digging
operations.
