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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

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Government staff gesture to ryots

HYDERABAD: The Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers and Workers at a meeting in the Secretariat on Monday unanimously resolved to contribute its members' one-day salary, amounting to Rs. 32 crores, to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for providing free power to the agriculture sector.

B.V.Subba Rao, chairman of the committee, and three other leaders, in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister, Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, urged him to issue instructions for the recovery of the amount from the employees' salaries of May payable next month. The memorandum thanked Dr. Reddy for his "generosity" in implementing the promise on the supply of free power.

The JAC while expressing concern over the suicides of farmers said it would back the government in providing relief to the farming community.

The Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board Engineers' Association has resolved to contribute a day's salary, amounting to Rs 35 lakhs, towards provision of free power to farmers.

Leaders of the association in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister demanded revision of the power purchase agreements, reduction of e-seva service charges and steps to improve revenue for providing satisfactory service to consumers.

A. V. Sambasiva Rao, president, and G. P. Vijaya Ram Kumar, secretary-general of the association, pleaded for regularisation of services of assistant engineers recruited on contract basis. They wanted the Government to scrap contract employment.

YSR promises release of arrears to pensioners

HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has assured release of dearness relief arrears to pensioners after the release of budgetary funds. He gave the assurance when leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Pensioners' Association met him.

A press release of the association said on Monday that Dr. Reddy acknowledged the support of the pensioners to the Congress in the elections. T. Gopala Krishna Murthy, president, and V. Seetharamaiah, joint secretary, were among those who met him.

Named Youth Congress secretary

HYDERABAD: T. Venkat Rao, president, Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress, on Monday appointed Perka Raju secretary of the APYC, a press release issued here by him said.

Appointed advisor to Government

Hyderabad: K.V.P.Ramachandra Rao, member of the All India Congress Committee, and a close aide of the Chief Minister, Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, has been appointed advisor to Government (Public Affairs) in the status of a Cabinet Minister. The order was issued by the General Adminstration Department on Monday.

Dr. Ramachandra Rao, who was a classmate of Dr.Reddy, is known in the political circles as the "man behind YSR" and is regarded his "eyes and ears" in politics.

Fee payment date extended

HYDERABAD: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has extended the last date for payment of fee for the advanced supplementary examination to May 25. In a statement here, the BIE asked all the principals to collect the examination fee from the students up to May 25. Similarly, the last date for applying for revaluation of answer scripts, recounting and photocopying has also been extended to May 27.

Housewife convicted of murder

ELURU: The Eluru Fast Track Court Judge, I. Ramesh, on Monday sentenced a housewife, G. Kumari, of Perampet at Jangareddygudem to an imprisonment for five years coupled with a fine of Rs 500 for killing a woman.

According to the prosecution, brawl over collecting drinking water at a public tap led to an attack on Chalapati Mahalskhmiby Kumari with an empty vessel in October, 1997 last.

Mahalaskhmi succumbed to her injuries in the government hospital at Jangareddigudem a few days later. The Jangareddygudem SI, R. Nageswara Rao, framed the charge-sheet against the accused and investigated the case.

Former professor elected to key post

CUDDAPAH: A retired professor of Cuddapah district, Putha Chinnappa Reddy (61), was elected president of the National Association of Physical Education and Sports Science for a four-year term in elections held at Dharwad in Karnataka recently.

Incidentally, Prof. Reddy, a retired Professor and Director of Physical Education in Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, is the first South Indian to have been elected president of the association, since its inception in 1980, according to a statement. He hails from Chinnamachupalle village in Cuddapah district.

A former Rotary Club president, he was awarded 14 Ph.Ds and eight M. Phils. and took part in international conferences in the U.S., Japan, Italy, South Korea and Australia. The next conference of the association would be held at Sangli in Maharashtra from July 9 to 11, he said in a statement on Monday.

Summer coaching camp

NELLORE: A 19-day residential summer coaching camp for State judo and softball teams for boys and girls would commence at the Sports Stadium, Nellore, on Tuesday. The coaching camp is being conducted under the auspices of the district sports authority.

40,000 SHGs formed

NELLORE: R. Natarajan, Zonal Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Andhra Pradesh, has said that 40,000 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) were formed under the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) and Rs. 18 crores has been distributed as revolving fund in the country.

The official who visited Nellore on Monday, had a review meeting with the motivators and supervisors and advised them to properly utilise the available resources.

No impact of PW bandh

NELLORE: The much-publicised State bandh called by the outlawed Peoples'War (PW) has failed to have any impact in Nellore district on Monday. Officials however beefed up security at all vulnerable places including the Central Telegraph Office (CTO) as a matter of precaution.

Exam in Urdu Fazil

CUDDAPAH: The Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu is conducting exams in Urdu Fazil, equivalent to Intermediate, Aaalim and Mahir courses at five centres in Cuddapah district from May 26 to May 31, according to its zonal member, Syed Shakeel Ahmed.

The exams will be held at Cuddapah, Mydukur, Proddatur, Rayachoti and Galiveedu, he said in a statement on Monday.

The exams conducted from May 15 to 19 had been cancelled following a question paper leak in Karimnagar on May 17, he recalled.

Three more mandals in drought list

CUDDAPAH: The district Collector, Jayesh Ranjan, said on Monday that three more mandals - Rajampet, Siddhavatam and Vallur - in Cuddapah district were declared drought-affected through G.O. No. 209.

The Collector said in a notification that considering the rainfall deficiency during the south-west and north-east monsoon periods, decline in kharif crop area and fall in crop yield, it was deduced that drought existed in all the villages of three mandals during 2003-04.

Mining workers' plea to CM

CUDDAPAH: The A.P. Mining Corporation Workers' Union leaders have urged the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, to grant compassionate appointment of the kin of 22 workers of the A.P. Mineral Development Corporation, who died in service.

The union's honorary president, Ch. Chandrasekhar Reddy and general secretary, D.R. Sreenivasa Rao, in a represented to the CM, demanded compassionate appointment of the kin of seven regular employees and 15 daily wage workers, whose families were in economic distress on account of death of their earning members.

SPB honoured

NELLORE: Noted playback singer, S.P. Balasubramanyam, was honoured with an award by the Ananta Lakshmikanta Sahiti Peetham, New Delhi, at a function held at the Town Hall, here on Sunday.

The Deputy Director-General, Doordarshan, R. Anantapadmanabha Rao, film actor, G. Maruthi Rao, scriptwriter, V. Rajendraprasad and others were present on the occasion.

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