2 CITY/REGION AMARAVATI SATURDAY 4 MAY 2019 City doctor Vigilance & Enforcement staff takes part in Dumping of waste a major inspect 12 fair price shops NITI Aayog meet Vijayawada: The Vigilance and Enforcement Department has inspected 12 fair price shops in the city and Ghantasala in Krishna district. They booked a HANS NEWS SERVICE case under Sec�on 6A, and seized shops, said the DSP Vijay Paul. Briefing the details of cases, Paul said there was a vast varia�on in weight measure‐ Vijayawada: The city-based doc- problem for canal cleaning ment in fair price shops at Krishna Lanka, Ramalingeswar Nagar, Ranigari tor Dr Potineni Ramesh Babu Thota, and some other places in the city. The irregulari�es were no�ced participated in a meeting with NAGA SRINIVAS PATIBANDLA Moreover, the garbage of sev- and disciplinary ac�on was also taken against shop No 27 and shop No 29 NITIAyog to prepare guide lines eral areas is also being dumped in at Ghantasala. to implement Tele Medicine in Vijayawada: Though the govern- canals. However, the o�cials failed India. ment machinery has started oper- to provide solution to address the The National Health Mission ation to clean canals in the city, the problem. Already, the people of Muslim staff allowed to leave and NITI Ayog are jointly plan- wastage from encroachments in- various walks of life submitted ning to extend the medical serv- cluding residences and commer- their suggestions to local body and office early for Ramzan prayers ices to the interior places in In- cial establishments along the canal also irrigation o�cials. Guntur: The State government has given permission to all Muslim employ‐ dia. As part of it, they have bunds have turned a big challenge D Madhusudhana Rao, a former ees to leave the offices one‐hour early in the evening on all working days decided to establish as many as to the ongoing e�orts. Garbage piled up in Eluru locks at Gandhinagar in Vijayawada irrigation o�cial, said the govern- on the occasion of Ramzan from May 6 to June 5. Employees working on 1.50 lakh wellness centres across The experts suggest that the ment should take steps to avoid contract basis, outsourcing employees can also leave the office one‐hour the country. They are planning construction of special pipeline to S Dumping of wastage from encroachments dumping of garbage in canals. He early in the evening, according to a circular issued on May 3. Following a to give medical services to all the shift wastage material, apron work including residences and commercial establish‐ said the garbage of commercial es- memorandum submi�ed by the AP Minority Employees Welfare Associa‐ public for blood pressure, dia- at beneath of canals and removing ments along the canal bunds have turned a big tablishments should be regulated �on and based on the recommenda�on of AP State Waqf Board CEO, Vi‐ betes through tele medicine and of encroachments from canal challenge to the ongoing efforts of administra�on as per the norms. jayawada, the government took this decision. Secretary to government tele radiology to reduce cardiac bunds are only permanent solu- Erneni Nagendranath, a former Nagulapalli Srikanth issued orders to this effect. The government given or‐ arrest, paralysis and kidney dis- tion to address the pollution prob- S Experts suggest the construc�on of special pipeline drainage board member, submit- ders to leave the offices one hour early for the convenience of the employ‐ eases. NITI Ayog members and lem. to shi� wastage material, apron work at beneath of ted a proposal to the State govern- ees to go Masjid and perform Namaz and to end Ramazan fast. National Medical Council Lead The three canals, Bandar canal, canals and removing of encroachments from canal ment to solve the pollution prob- Governor Dr Vinod Kumar Paul Eluru canal and Ryvas canal are bunds are only permanent solu�on to address the lem in canals. He said separate led the conference at New Delhi. passing through the city and are pollu�on problem pipeline system should be erected Tahsildar lands in ACB net Union Health and Welfare De- major source to cultivate crops in to shift the wastage materials from partment Joint Secretary Love Krishna district and towns like canal bund residents. The sewer- Guntur: The An�‐Corrup�on Bureau sleuths on Friday caught Bapatla tah‐ Agarwal, Tele Medicine Society Machilipatnam, Hanumanjunc- discharged by commercial estab- West Godavari are utilising the age plants should be established sildar Kolla Raghavaiah while he was accep�ng bribe from a person in the of India CEO Buljith Singh Bedi, tion and Eluru will utilise the same lishments and residents along the canals water for drinking purpose at outside the city, he said. office on Friday. According to ACB Addi�onal SP A Suresh Babu, tahsildar ISRO UR Rao, Satellite Centre water for drinking water purpose. canal bunds. The residences and despite pollution levels are high in A senior o�cial of Water Re- Kolla Raghavaiah demanded Rs1 lakh for processing a file rela�ng to com‐ Director Dr Murthy Remilla par- But the canal water is totally pol- commercial establishments were the water. Already the city stu- sources department on condition pensa�on to be paid to complainant Alaparthi Koteswara Rao and send the ticipated in the conference. luted with wastage materials being constructed on canal bunds some dents and engineers of Water Re- of anonymity said the apron work file to Joint Collector‐2 with a recommenda�on for taking further steps to decades ago. The political parties sources department conducted at beneath of canals also should be pay compensa�on rela�ng to land acquisi�on. Vexed with the a�tude of have also encouraged the en- several surveys in this regard. The erected to maintain cleanliness. tahsildar Koteswara Rao met ACB officials and lodged a complaint. Ac�ng croachments. Now, the canals are septic tanks and drainage connec- The encroachments should be re- on �p‐off, the ACB sleuths laid trap and caught Kolla Raghavaiah while ac‐ full of garbage and wastage of res- tions of canal bund residents are moved totally, he said and added cep�ng bribe from Koteswara Rao in the office. They recovered Rs 30,000 idents and commercial bodies. As directly connected to canals. As that water could be maintained in from his possession. The raids were conducted under the leadership of ACB per the studies nearly 25 lakh peo- many as 81 drainage points were canals to encourage tourism activ- DSP D Gangadharam. ple in two districts Krishna and identified by o�cials. ities. EG Collector Workshop on minimising gesture to Srikakulam, MMR held in Kakinada Odisha State HANS NEWS SERVICE Kakinada: East Godavari District Collector Karthikeya Mishra said that special assistance is being sent to Srikakulam district and to Odisha state from the district, which EG Collector Karthikeya Mishra felicita�ng Dr Samarth Ram, a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist faced the brunt of cyclone of Palakkad in Kerala at the inaugural programme of workshop on MMR at KGGH in Kakinada on Fani. Friday The Collector on Friday said that arrangements have HANS NEWS SERVICE this aspect. been made to send 100 gen- The collector also said that discrimi- erators and 100 power saws Kakinada: East Godavari Collector nation against girl child should be com- to Srikakulam and 4 lakh Karthikeya Mishra suggested the doc- pletely avoided and equal importance water packets, chlorine tors to adopt medial practices that are should be given to both male and female tablets and relief material being implemented in Kerala State to child. The collector complimented the and food items such as bis- minimise the Mother Mortality Rate e�orts of Dr Samarth Ram in reducing cuits and bread will be sent (MMR) in the district also. the MMR rate and suggested the med- to Odisha state from Ra- Addressing the inaugural programme ical o�cials to follow his advises for re- jamahendravaram with the of a workshop organised at KGGH on ducing MMR in the district. Indian Navy assistance, as MMR reduction on Friday, the collector Dr Samarth Ram explained the per the directions of the advised the medical fraternity to take process of FSLT-1 anti-angiogenesis Centre. necessary guidelines from Dr Samarth protein removal, which causes bleeding The assistance of NGOs Ram, a noted obstetrician and gynaecol- resulting in to death of mother. KGGH and voluntary organisations ogist of Palkkad in Kerala. In this con- Superintendent Dr M Raghavendra Rao, also being taken in this is- nection, Karthikeya Mishra said the girl Principal of Rangaraya Medical College sue, the collector said. child should be taken care for 20 years Dr R Mahalakshmi and DMHO Dr and the family should concentrate on Ramesh Kishore participated. Srikakulam hit by 25 cyclones in 38 yrs HANS NEWS SERVICE In July 1991, the cyclone caused Rs of property was estimated at Rs 270 6.95 crore property loss a�ecting 3.06 crore. In November 2013, cyclone Srikakulam: In a span of 38 years lakh population in 272 villages across Lehar caused damage to crops. In De- from 1980 to 2018, the district has the district. In July 1992 also a cy- cember 2013, Helen cyclone also been hit by a total of 25 cyclones. The clone damaged Rs 5.58 crore worth caused damage and one person was Fani cyclone is the 26th one, which property due to floods in Vamsadhara killed. In October 2014, Hudhud is likely to hit 12 mandals in the dis- and Nagavali rivers. caused huge damage to coconut, trict on Thursday.