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TODAY Durmuhurtham: 12:52 pm to 01:38 pm, again 03.09 pm to HEVALAMBI (1939) 03.55 pm Rajanna jatara to go 3D live streaming �� Ayana: Uttarayana �� Shishira Magha Ritu: , Masa: NAMAAZ TIMINGS Collector Krishna Bhaskar says that the major focus is on drinking water and sanitation Krishna, Panchami Paksha: Tidhi: Fajr Zohar Asr Maghrib Isha Nakshatra: Hasta 5.33 12:30 4:37 6:13 7:27 OUR BUREAU am pm pm pm pm Raahukaalam: 08:13 am to 09:39 am Tuesday Vemulawada (Rajanna-Sircilla): With just about a week to go for the annual Maha Shivaratri jatara at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam (SRRD) in Vemu- lawada, the District Administra- tion is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the devotees a hassle- free darshan and a comfortable stay in the pilgrim town. The District Collector Krishna Bhaskar accompanied by Super- intendent of Po- lice (SP) Viswa- jeetKampati and SRRD Executive O�cer DusaRa- jeshwar has on Collector Krishna Bhaskar and SP ViswajeetKampati ride in a jeep Collector Krishna Bhaskar, SP ViswajeetKampati and temple EO Sunday inspected to inspect arrangements for Maha Shivaratri jatara in Vemulawada DusaRajeshwar discussing arrangements for Maha Shivaratri jatara in the ongoing works on Sunday Vemulawada on Sunday as part of upcom- ing three-day ity. The Collector said that their identified separate parking lots for giving due importance to local per- be opened to assist the pilgrims, jatara, scheduled major focus is on drinking water VIPs and pilgrims besides ear- formers. “Dharma Gundam will be he said. The Collector and SP who to begin on Febru- and sanitation. “We have come marking space for RTC buses. filledtobrimforthedevoteestotake roamed around the temple town ary 12. across a few issues related to san- Those private persons renting holy bath. A team of ace swimmers in an in open top jeep inspected Later, speaking itation during the last jatara and their spaces and rooms were told will be deployed at the Dharma the erection of pandals, queue to media persons, they will be plugged,” Krishna not to charge exorbitant prices Gundam to rescue the devotees in lines, helipad, construction of the Collector said Bhaskar said, stating that they from the devotees, he added. case of drowning,” he said. roads, etc.Nagar Panchayat Chair- that e�orts are on have plans to draw sanitation Referring to the cultural pro- A mobile application (app) with person N Uma, Commissioner Ja- to provide 3D live- workers from neighbouring dis- grammes during the jatara, Collec- full details of the temple and jatara gadeeshwar Goud and DSP Chan- streaming of the tricts. tor said that authorities are trying will be rolled out soon, he said. A drasekhar Avadhani were among Shivaratri festiv- He said that the authorities had toropeinrenownedartistesbesides ‘May I Help You’ centre will also others present. ‘Kakatiya Kala Govt urged to rectify lapses Utsavam’ to be in pharmacists recruitment held on March 11 Hanamkonda: In a bid to promote OUR BUREAU the applicants having Bachelor of Phar- Education Regulations consist of pre- Kakatiya heritage, a festival ‘Kakatiya macy (B Pharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy professional academic qualification, du- Kala Utsavam’ will be organised in Hanamkonda: Working Group on Pro- (Pharm D) qualification. rationofthecourse,syllabusandintern- Warangal under the aegis of TSR fessional Dignity of Pharmacists (WG- The government’s approach in deter- ship training. All State governments in Kakatiya Lalitha Kala Parishad, said its PDP) appealed the State government to miningthequalificationforthepharma- thecountryareboundtomodifytheirad founder and Rajya Sabha member T rectify the lapses crept in filling up of cist posts had led to protests by Pharm D hocrulesforpharmacistjobsasperlatest Subbarami Reddy. Subbarami Reddy posts of pharmacists in students who sought government to ap- ER and gazette publications. along with Palakurthy MLA Errabelli- Health Department. It pointthemasclinicalpharmacists.Inthe Still, the old-fashioned qualification Dayakar Rao visited historic Thousand may be noted that noti- wake of such protests the WGPDP ap- sequence(DPharmonly)appearsinem- Pillar Temple, Warangal Fort and In- fication with No pealed the government to issue revised ploymentnotificationissuedonJanuary avoluMallikarjuna Swamy Temple here 04/2018, Dt25/01/2018 notification rectifying the lapse. 26, and this reflects the indi�erence of on Sunday. He o�ered special prayers issued by the Telangana The WGPDP coordinator Dr Rapolu o�cials towards a pharmacist, Dr Satya- at the both the temples. State Public Service Satyanarayana said, Pharmacy Council narayana told The Hans India. Speaking to the presspersons on the Commission (TSPSC) of India (PCI) under section10 of the So, level of education of a pharmacist occasion, Subbarami Reddy stressed on withreferencetoGOMS Pharmacy Act, prescribed minimum in employment notifications shall be the need to propagate the rich cultural No 166 and others of qualification required for a registered published uniformly with a reference heritage of Kakatiyas. In that direction Health Medical and pharmacist is a pass in Diploma in Phar- to qualifications DPharm/ BPharm/ the Kala Parishad would organise Family Welfare Depart- macy (D Pharm) or Bachelor of Phar- PharmD, registration with Pharmacy Kakatiya Kala Utsavam on March 11 in ment to fill up pharma- macy (B Pharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy Council and other requisite qualifica- a grand manner involving the local cist Group-II posts.But (Pharm D). The PCI is a statutory body tions, he suggested. Dr Satyanarayana, artists and noted cinema artists, he said. notification had limited which regulates education and profes- advisor to Telangana Government At the event which would be con- thequalificationcriteria sion of pharmacy and ensures uniform Pharmacists Association and Telangana ducted at Kush Mahal in Warangal Fort, toDiplomainPharmacy implementationthroughoutthecountry. Pharmacy Students Association,sub- noted Telugu cinema actor and poet (D Pharm) only along It frames Education Regulations (ER) mitted a memorandum in connection Brahmanandam,whoactedinmorethan with intermediate and and with the approval oftheCentral gov- with issue to the Health and Family 2,000 films, would be felicitated. “It pharmacy council regis- ernment publishes the same in Gazette Welfare Minister C Laxma Reddy and would be a moment of pride for Telugu tration while omitting of India, he explained. authoritiesconcerned. people to honour such an artist” he said. Medaram reverts to where it was

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Medaram (Jayashankar-Bhupalpally): The tiny countryside village Medaram reverted to its own shape after living à laametrocityforabout four days cour- tesy Sammakka-Saralammajatara that transformed it into a bustling city with millions of floating populaces tugging in to pay their obeisance to Adivasi deities whose date with their devotees occurs only once in two years. Medaram on Sunday looked like an abandoned village. Albeitthejatarawas Medaram on Sunday, a day concluded on Saturday, the sporadic after conclusion of footfall of pilgrims is likely to continue Sammakka-Saralamma jatara a few more days like the pre-jatara Photos: G Shyam Kumar rush. The four-day jatara is the only time With the devotees number- around that the inhabitants of ing in millions descending on Medaram and a cluster of villages ad- Medaram, the administration jacent to it - Kannepally, Reddygudem hascomewithluxurycamping etc. will get an opportunity to witness facilities besides introducing a glimpse of what hi-tech life is all chopper services. Food courts, about the outside world is experienc- liquor shops, outlets selling ing. A peek into the post jatara life re- mobile phone gadgetry such flects the sorry state of affairs in- as selfie sticks, power banks Medaram. Once the bliss surrounding etc. have also come up. Quite jatara disappears, sadly Medaram, a few banks provided mobile which inhabits just 1,700-odd tribals, ATMs in the village for the is almost a nonentity. Butforthedebate convenience of pilgrims. of finances in the run up to jatara On the other hand, with arrangements and its post-mortem of huge tracts of land in the aftermath, there wouldneverbean Medaram, Reddygudem, iotaoffocusonMedaramanditsinhab- Ooratum, Kannepally and itants. Kottur villages is being occu- The village which is currently pied by the jatara purposes flooded with nearly 4,500 RTC buses thelocalsaredeprivedof their plying to and fro from various destina- crop income. Although the tions barely sees a bus or two in a day High Court issued directions. thereafter. For a long, the villagers have Speaking to The Hans India, been longing for a direct bus to their TudumDebba leader Sidda- mandal headquarters Tadvai and Etur- boina Laxman Rao said: “De- nagaram where Integrated Tribal De- spite the High Court’s direc- velopment Agency (ITDA) is located. tions to the government to Medaram which currently has a 50- provide compensation to the bed hospital along with 56 medical farmers in 2016, the district camps with 175 doctors and 500 para- administration is yet to make medical staff for the jatara, didn’t even a move.” The locals direly has a Primary Health Centre (PHC). need direct buses to Tadvai The pregnant women have to go Etur- and Eturnagaram to where nagaram while Tadvai has a PHC. they frequent more, he said.