State Prepared to Fight, Defeat Covid-19, Officials Tell Jagan
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ON THE BATTLEFIELD ECI agrees to AP proposal AP government to construct State prepared to fight, defeat on local 30 lakh houses by 2024 body polls PNS n VIJAYAWADA Covid-19, officials tell Jagan PNS n VIJAYAWADA Setting a new record in the housing-for-poor section, the The Election Commission state government plans to ful- CM sanctions Rs 400cr to fight outbreak; 8,246 people screened so far has agreed with the state go- fil the dreams of the poor by vernment's proposal and an- constructing over 30 lakh PNS n VIJAYAWADA nounced that elections to houses by 2024. mandal and ZPTC will be This was decided at a review There has been no positive case conducted in two phases. meeting on housing sector by of Coronavirus in the state so The State Election Comm- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan far and people coming from ission on Friday announced Reddy here on Friday. The other countries are being thor- the schedule for the elections. meeting discussed the plans to oughly screened at the airports, Formal notification for the distribute 26.6 lakh house-site officials informed Chief first phase of polls would be pattas to the poor by Ugadi fes- Minister YS Jaganmohan issued on Saturday and the tival in 14,097 YSR Jaganna Reddy at a review meeting on last date for filing nomina- housing colonies that would preventive measures on coro- tions would be March 11. come up in the state. navirus held here on Friday. For the second phase polls An extensive discussion was Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy chairs the review meeting on housing. The Chief Minister directed on March 24, the notification held on the number of houses the officials to set aside Rs 200 would be issued on the to be constructed for the ben- were to be sanctioned by the The officials informed the crore to meet any exigency and March 10. For the municipal eficiaries. state government for it. He said CM that a plan of action was Rs 60 crore to set up special elections slated for March 27, The Chief Minister enquired that houses have to be con- ready for construction of over wards in Vijayawada and the notification would be about the funds sanctioned in structed for those who already 19.3 lakh houses in the limits Anantapur for the purpose. issued on March 13. the urban and rural areas as have plots in addition to the of municipalities and urban Super-specialty hospitals in Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy chairs a review meeting on the steps being taken to contain the spread of the dreaded Counting of votes would part of the Centrally-sponso- beneficiaries who are going to development authorities. Covid-19, at his camp office in Tadepalli on Friday. Vijayawada and Anantapur be taken up on March 29. red schemes and the funds that be given pattas afresh. 3 have been asked to handle the patient is dropped off at the panic among the people but to preventive measures. He also coronavirus cases. Ambulances hospital. All those returning just inform about the precau- directed the officials to involve have been kept ready to shift from abroad are being asked to tions that need to be taken to village secretariats in creating patients with suspected coro- self-isolate for 14 days. prevent the spread of the virus awareness among the people navirus to hospitals. These ve- The Chief Minister cau- and to set up a centralised call about the virus. hicles would be sterilised once tioned officials not to create centre to immediately take up 3 AP reshuffles 13 top police officials, some promoted PNS n VIJAYAWADA on promotion, has been post- ed as IGP (Provisioning and The State government on Logistics) in the state police Friday transferred 13 IPS offi- headquarters. cials in a reshuffle in which On promotion to the rank of CAT reserves some other officers were pro- Deputy Inspector General, moted and retained in the sa- Kolli Raghuram Reddy (2006) orders on me wings with change in des- has been retained in the ignation. Intelligence wing. ABV plea Accordingly, Additional GVG Ashok Kumar (2006), DGP rank officer Harish IPS Vineet Brij Lal was posted as on promotion, has been made PNS n HYDERABAD Kumar Gupta (1992 batch) Director of Enforcement on illegal sand Additional Director in the has been transferred and post- mining and will also hold full Anti-Corruption Bureau. M The Central Administrative ed as chairman of State Level additional charge of the Excise wing Ravi Prakash of the same batch Tribunal on Friday reserved Police Recruitment Board. J Prabhakar Rao of the same has also been transferred on its order on the petition filed On promotion, Rajiv Kumar batch has been posted as IGP promotion and posted as by senior IPS officer from Meena (1995) was retained as of Guntur Range. Additional Director, ACB, Andhra Pradesh AB Vizag Polcie Commissioner, in Vineet Brij Lal (2001) has while S Hari Krishna has been Venkateswara Rao challeng- the rank of Additional DGP. been moved out as Guntur posted as DIG, Crime ing his suspension by the P Hari Kumar (2000), who Range IG and posted as Investigation Department. state government, vide GO 18 has been on awaiting posting, Director of Enforcement G Vijay Kumar (2006) has dated February 8 this year. was posted as Inspector against illegal sand mining been retained in the During the course of the General of Police (Legal) in the and enforcement issues relat- Intelligence wing as DIG. arguments, Rao alleged that state police headquarters. ed to Excise department. SV Rajasekhara Babu (2006) he was suspended without On promotion to the rank of He will also hold full addi- was posted as DIG (Law and giving any notice and without IGP, Ch Srikanth (2002) was tional charge as Director, Pr- Order and Coordination) in any intimation being provid- retained as the chief of Special ohibition and Excise, accord- the state police headquarters ed to the Union Home Intelligence Branch while AS ing to an order issued by Chief while his batchmate KV Mo- Ministry by the state govern- Khan (2002) was posted as IGP Secretary Neelam Sawhney. han Rao was posted as DIG, ment. (Marine Police). D Nagendra Kumar (2002), Eluru Range. 3 TODAY Yes Bank crisis: Concern over ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Phalguna & Shukla Paksha Lord Jagannath’s Rs 545 cr Panchangam: Tithi: Dwadashi: 09:28 am, PNS n BHUBANESWAR filed at a police station in Puri Trayodashi: 06:30 am (Next Day) demanding probe over Nakshatram: Pushya: 09:05 am Devotees of Lord Jagannath depositing the money in a Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start and priests at the centuries-old private bank, but no action was any important work) temple in Puri are worried fol- taken. Rahukalam: lowing RBI restrictions on Yes Allaying concerns, Law 09:30 am – 10:58 am Bank where Rs 545 crore is Minister Pratap Jena said the Yamagandam: 01:55 pm – 03:23 pm Varjyam: deposited in the deity's name. money is with the bank as 08:42 pm – 10:09 pm The RBI has capped with- fixed deposits and not in a sav- Gulika: 06:33 am - 08:01 am drawals from Yes Bank at Rs ings account.