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YSR orders plan outlay raised to Rs.20000 cr.
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Hyderabad
The Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Rajasekharareddy has asked finance and planning officials to take steps to raise the annual plan expenditure from the present level of about Rs.11,000 crores to about Rs. 20,000 crores to facilitate early completion of all pending irrigation projects.
He was reviewing the State's finances with the Cheif Secretary, Mohan Kanda and other senior officials besides the Congress MLA-elect K.Rosaiah before leaving to Delhi.He asked the officials to come with the strategy in a week to cope up to fulfill the promises made by the Congress in its election manifesto which include completion of all pending projects in a three to five year time frame.
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7 die in water tank collapse in Karimnagar
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Karimnagar
Seven pilgrims including four girls were killed when a water tank collapsed while they were bathing near it at the Sri Kondagatu Hanuman temple in Kodagattu village of Mallial mandal on Sunday. The temple authorities had only recently increased the height of the tank to meet the pilgrimrush for the Hanuman jayanthi celebrations.The Chief Minister has expressed grief over the deaths and announced ex gratia of Rs.50,000/- from the Chief Minister's fund to the kith and kin and Rs.25,000/- to those who grievously injured and Rs10,000/- to whose who suffered minor injuries. According to an official press release on Sunday, he had instructed the in charge Collector and directed the RDO to conduct a detailed enquiry and submit a report.
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Citizen's Panel offers to broker talks on naxal issue
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Hyderabad
The Committee of Concerned Citizens has reiterated its commitment to play its role, if called upon to do so in facilitating talks between the Government and the revolutionary groups. The offer is significant against the backdrop of the statemnt by the Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Rajasekharareddy that the new Government would call naxalites for talks without preconditions if they created a congenial atmosphere in the State by putting an end to violence. A statement issued by S.R.Sankaran, Convenor and Potturi Venkateswararao member welcomed the initiative taken by Dr.Reddy.
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Cops halt combing operations in Naxal hit areas
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Kakinada
In accordance with the policy of the new Government led by Dr.Y.S.Rajasekharareddy, the district police have discontinued the combing operations in the naxal infested areas with immediate effect according to the Superintendent of Police Govind Singh.
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CPI opposes move to ban APCLC
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Hyderabad
The city council of the CPI has strongly opposed the alleged move by the police to ban the AP Civil Liberties Committee and also urged the State Government to consider steps to lift ban on the PWG to create a congenial atmosphere for talks
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PWG vows to target former Chief Minister Mr.Naidu
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Nalgonda
While hailing People's verdict in the recently held Assembly elections, The Rachankonda Dalam of PWG in a gram sabha at Devulamma Nagaram village of Choutuppal mandal, has made it clear that it" will physically eliminate "TDP leaders including the former Chief Minister. In this connection, they warned they will not keep quite if the new Government adopted the same policies. "The new Chief Minister will also meet the same fate as that of Mr.Naidu.
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Vigilance officials seize 1614 tonnes of FFW Rice
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Kakinada
In the first ever biggest haul after the introduction of the Food for Work program, sleuths of State Vigilance and Enforcement department led by its SP B.V.Ramanakumar raided a go-down in the new port area on Sunday and seized 1614 tonnes of rice meant for the Food for Work program and stored there for shipment abroad.
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CM moves to prevent suicide by farmers
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Hyderabad
The new Government will take all measures to ensure that no farmer will commit suicide due to debt burden. The Government will do everything to avoid repetition of the earlier situation but if some farmer did, by any chance, end his life, his family will be assisted in every manner, the Chief Minister declared at a news conference.
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Simultaneous cease-fire - naxals
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Hyderabad
In response to Home Minister K.Jana Reddy's statement asking naxals to come out for talks, they responded that simultaneous cease-fire is the pre-requisite for the talks. It stated that if the Government agrees for the cease-fire agreement, PW is ready to announce 'committee'. The Minister announced that there would be no loss of life during the peace process.
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