Month: August 2012

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha today asked the officials of Task Force on Engineering Colleges to act tough against the colleges which flout rules and regulations. Talking to reporters after convening a meeting with the Task Force officials here, Mr Rajanarasimha said the inspection of colleges would begin from tomorrow.

He said inspections would be conducted based on the information provided by these colleges to the court and government and for implementing AICTE norms in all colleges in letter and spirit.

Andhra Pradesh Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathi today asked the TDP to explain to the people of the state why it issued GO.69 in 1996, restricting the release of water from the Nagarjunasagar project to the Krishna Delta. Addressing a press conference here today, he said referring the GO.69, some Telangana leaders approached court, pleading to stop release of water to Krishna delta from Nagarjuna Sagar dam.

Making it clear that he would not respond on Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao’s resignation issue, PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would look after it.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Botcha said that power cuts have come down and the situation would improve further in a few days. He asked the private Engineering colleges managements to help sort out the Fees Reimbursement issue.

TDP senior leader and Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi (RPS) president Byreddy Rajashekar Reddy has demanded that the Centre create a separate Rayalaseema State too in case it decides to divide the State.

Several Rayalaseema leaders met here on Sunday at Sridhar Function Hall under the RPS. Addressing the gathering, Byreddy said that the RPS was evolved only to achieve separate Rayalaseema State. He said that the RPS has established Rayalaseema JAC to chalk out an action plan for reaching the goal.

The Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today directed the officials to monitor and coordinate the Non-conventional energy generation every 15 days and speed up the process. To get the energy particularly in the sectors of Solar, Wind and mini hydel, NREDCAP will be the nodal agency. An Escort officer will also help the entrepreneurs in speeding up their projects in this regard.

Congress MP K. Chiranjeevi has suggested that there should be a sub-plan for welfare of the BC communities.

Expressing happiness over the report the cabinet sub-committee has prepared on the welfare of the SCs and STs, he said it was a historic step that the state government was taking to prevent diversion of funds meant for the welfare of these communities. He has expressed the view that the lives of the SCs and STs would further improve, once the report was given statutory status.

Governor E S L Narasimhan participated n the closing ceremony of the marathon organized jointly by Hyderabad Runners and the Airtel at the Gachi Bowli stadium.

The marathon, which started on the Necklace Road, concluded at the stadium. The Governor participated in the closing ceremony enthusiastically.

Speaking on the occasion, Narasimhan said that marathon was not a running race. He said such events generate enthusiasm. The Governor and the first lady Vimala Narasimhan distributed prizes to winners of the event.

TDP senior leader Yerrannaidu has alleged that several ministers of the Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet were partners of the plunder of the YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

Telangana Malala JAC on Sunday demanded that the government promote the SC/ST senior lecturers working in the government polytechnics as heads of sections.

Speaking to the media here, the JAC chairman B Deepak Kumar said that the government was showing negligence in giving promotions to SC, ST senior lecturers as head of section. As per GO No 47, promotion would be provided to SC, ST lecturers, who had two years seniority and passed in second class in qualifying education as senior lectors and for senior lecturers as head of section. The GO was not being implemented. (NSS)

Various Handicapped Associations here on Sunday demanded that all political parties should earmark seats to the disabled persons from local body to Assembly elections in proportion to their population.

Guntur Congress MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao is deeply dejected after his request for appointment as the TTD chairman was rejected by the party leadership.

YSR Congress is said to be courting Congress senior leader and MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao who is in a state of depression after the party high command has ignored his claim for the TTD chairman post.

The Union government’s decision to direct the National Transmission Power Corporation NTPC) to make available additional 350 mw of power to Andhra Pradesh can be attributed to the unstinted efforts of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s recent visit to New Delhi.

Keeping in view of the critical juncture in power sector due to shortage of fuel, Andhra Pradesh Energy Coordination Cell (ECC) today appealed to all the electricity consumers for inculcating the habit of energy conservation by treating as a social responsibility.

Keeping in view the international scenario on the farm prices, export prices and requirement submitted by the Indian tobacco Association (ITA), the Tobacco Board today fixed a crop size of 170 m kgs for Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha for the crop season 2012-13. At its 134th meeting here today, the Board resolved the shifting of Barns from Keesara, Thorredu auction platforms, Thulluru and Bhadrachalam area to any other soil regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.