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Tuesday, Jun 01, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada

Around the City

Weather

Gannavaram airport recorded a maximum temperature of 37.5 degree Celsius and a minimum temperature of 26.2 degree Celsius on Monday. Humidity which was 77 per cent in the morning dropped to 58 per cent in the evening.

Commodity prices

Following are the prices (in rupees per kg) of the essential commodities in the local wholesale markets on Monday, according to the Vijayawada Chambers of Commerce and Industry: groundnut oil - Rs. 53, palmolein oil - Rs. 43, sunflower oil: Rs. 53, tamarind (flower variety): Rs. 29 to 35, tamarind (karipuli variety): Rs. 38 to 43, chillis: Rs. 16 to 26, rice (2716): Rs. 13, rice (superfine): Rs. 14 to 15, rice (samba masoori): Rs. 15 to 16, black gram: Rs. 18.90 to 24.90, red gram: Rs. 27 to 30.50.

Power shutdown

There will be no power supply between 7 a.m. and 12 noon on Tuesday in some areas under the Suryaraopet section due to a pre-arranged shutdown for reinforcement of conductor. The affected areas are: Ghulam Mohiddin Nagar, Brahmananda Reddy Nagar, Visalandhra road, Rama corporation area, My Home Complex (Visalandhra road), Lions Club area, Yerrameda area and Visalandhra press.

`No Tobacco

Day' observed

The Lions Club of Vijayawada East and the Vasavi Club of Vijayawada East jointly observed the World No Tobacco Day on Monday. Members of the two organisations pasted "No smoking'' stickers at the Vijayawada APSRTC bus station and the railway station urging people to quit smoking.

Office-bearers elected

K. Vasudeva Rao has been elected secretary and G. Ramachandra Rao treasurer of the Krishna District Rice and Oil Millers Association for a two-year term. The other office-bearers elected at a meeting of the association are: I. Satyanarayana Raju and P.L. Panduranga Rao (vice-presidents) and B. Venkateswara Rao and Ch.V.N. Janardhana Rao (assistant secretaries).

Seminar on visa processing

Visu International Ltd (formerly Visu Consultants) will hold a seminar on visa processing between 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on June 6 at Hotel Manorama.

Interested students can contact the Visu Consultants office in Vijayawada on telephone numbers 2470698 or 98480-13445 for further information.

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