State Cabinet approves two major urban projects

Approved BRTS in Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada

The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major urban projects viz., Pranahita-Chevella as a permanent solution to the drinking water problem in Hyderabad with the Godavari as the source and a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada. It resolved to amend the AP Educational Act to stop Government recognition and aid to those private aided educational institutions not implementing reservations in employment that results in piling of cases in the Apex Court.

In another decision, the Cabinet provided relief to government employees facing cases booked by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). It directed that a corruption case filed on the basis of a statement made by an affected party or a disproportionate assets case must be committed to courts and cleared in six months. If a direct trap case was not settled in two years, the employee must be reinstated, said the Minister for Information A Ramnarayan Reddy.

The decision of the State Cabinet to empower the Group of Ministers to decide on certain cases where government servants have been trapped in disproportionate assets cases after complaints from third party had raised eyebrows. Hither to, all the ACB cases were referred to the General Administration department to take necessary action.