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Revival of Cooperative Sugar mills
Guntur
The 'Rajiv Palle Bata' programme is giving good results. In Guntur district at Mutyalapalem, he said the State Government will revive 10 sugar mills in the Cooperative sector for this purpose nearly Rs.250 crores are required which will be brought from the Central Government.

At a press conference here, he said refuting the charges made by the TDP for selling 12 sugar mills out of 22, he said that 10 sugar mills are running inefficiently and he will make necessary arrangements to keep them on track on commercial lines.

He announced that Voluntary Retirement Scheme would be introduced for the excess staff. In this connection, he said that the distribution of land to the poor and regularization of pattas given to them was another big problem on which the State Government was concentrating.
APCC meet on 9th
Hyderabad
A general body meeting of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee will be held on Monday. Digvijay Singh who arrived here for the first time after his appointment as general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh said he will give equitable opportunity for all partymen in running the organization and the Government.

Nearly 900 delegates will attend the meeting, the first to be organized after the Congress victory in the elections. Gandhi Bhavan was decorated in a befitting manner and the Venue of the meeting Prakasam Hall was decorated with the portraits of the party leaders.

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Vidyat Adalat at Visakhapatnam on Monday
Visakhapatnam
The Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh will conduct a 'Vidyut Adalat' at five centres from 10am to 1pm to redress grievances of all electricity consumers. Grievances relating to electricity like rectification of wrong bills, replacement of defective meters, low voltage complaints etc., will be redressed.
Naxal killed in Khammam
Khammam
A surrendered naxalite was shot dead by the CPI (ML Praja Prathighatana) at Regalla Pedatanda village in the district in the early hours on Sunday. According to reports, a former member of the party was chased and killed by ten armed members of the group
Government Hospital Staff Nurse suspended
Kakinada
A Staff nurse of the Government Hospital, by mistake mentioned in the case sheet that a patient's left eye instead of the infected one be removed has been placed under suspension. The Minister for Roads and Buildings, Jakkampudi Ramamohanarao in a press conference said on Monday, a special investigation team from Sarojini Devi Hospital would arrive on Monday to find out reasons for some patients developing infection after surgery in the hospital.
Arrangements on full swing for Krishna Pushakarams
Hyderabad
Just 20 days are left for Krishna Pushakarams; arrangements are in full swing by the State Government administration to meet the pilgrim rush along the river banks from August 28th to September 9th.

The celebration of the Puskarams is confined to only 12 rivers in the country and Krishna and Godavari enjoy this status. The Puskaram occurs when the planet Brihaspati enters into Kanya Rasi according to ancient texts. The Endowments Minister M.Satyanarayanarao and the Transport Minister S.Santosh Reddy in a press conference said on Sunday that the Government would spend 210 crores for the Pushakarams, while ensuring foolproof arrangements throughout the course of the river in five districts.

Nearly three crores pilgrims are expected to turn out for Pushakarams. Necessary arrangements have been made to renovate 202 temples on the river banks and 2292 special buses would operate on this occasion.

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Municipal official trapped
Rajahmundry
Ch.Vijayakumar, Regional Director of Municipal Administration was arrested by the police on the charge of seeking sexual favour from a tribal woman employee. The woman was working in the Peddapuram Municipality and suspended some time ago and she approached the official for revocation of the suspension.

When she met him in the office, the latter reportedly asked her to meet him at the Municipal Corporation Guest house in the evening. When she went there, he reportedly expressed his desire and the woman came back and reported the same to the Minister for Roads and Buildings, Jakkampudi Ramamohanarao who laid a trap. The conversation between these two were recorded and basing on the findings, the police arrested and produced him in the court.
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