Khammam/Kothagudem: All roads led to the cockfight centres in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. An estimated 20,000 people from five mandals of Khammam and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts crossed the state boundary to watch and bet on the cockfight in Andhra Pradesh villages.
As per one estimate, about Rs5 crore from mandals such as Aswaraopet and Dammapet in Bhadradri district and Sattupalli, Vemsoor and Penuballi in Khammam district changed hands during the cockfight held in West Godavari and Krishna districts. Punters and enthusiasts reached the spots by their two-wheelers and cars.
Farmer Adapa Lachaiah Dora of Mandalapali said, “The locals of Dammapet mandal started going to the border villages in West Godavari and Krishna districts to do the betting. Some carried with them their own ‘Pandem Kollu’ (fighter cocks).
A post-harvest festival, cockfight is a form of entertainment to farmers who liberally spend from money they earned from farms.
The Telangana state…