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Collector calls for rigorous steps to control seasonal diseases in Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh

Collector Chamakuri Sridhar has instructed Medical and Health department officials to implement rigorous measures for dengue control in the Annamayya district. A meeting convened at the Collectorate here on Sunday (September 8) focused on seasonal diseases such as dengue and malaria. Addressing the medical and paramedical staff, the Collector emphasized the need for officials to collaborate effectively in preventing dengue and malaria cases. The Madanapalle division in the district reported high instances of dengue, necessitating the setting up of medical camps to mitigate the spread of the disease, the Collector pointed out.Mr. Sridhar stressed that officials should conduct awareness campaigns in areas with a history of high disease prevalence to educate the public about malaria and dengu...
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Heavy Rainfall To Lash Gujarat, West MP, Andhra, Telangana; Check IMD Forecast For Your Region

Weather News: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather bulletin predicting significant rainfall across various regions of India for Wednesday, September 4. According to the bulletin released on Tuesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy falls, has been observed in Gujarat. Areas such as Valia and Songadh in Bharuch and Tapi districts have recorded substantial precipitation, with Valia receiving 37 cm of rain in the past 24 hours. In addition to Gujarat, heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported in isolated areas of West Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and Coastal Karnataka. For instance, Valpoi in North Goa saw 18 cm of rain, while the Konkan region and Goa have experienced substantial downpours in various districts...
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‘CEO’ CM Naidu wades in knee-deep water in flood-hit Vijayawada, offers residents food & assurances

He is now camping at the administrative building in Vijayawada and taking brief hours of rest in his caravan parked outside. A woman in flood-hit Vijayawada shares her troubles with CM Naidu | By Special Arrangement | ThePrint The scene is a throwback to the CM spearheading days-long relief operations from his caravan at the Visakhapatnam collectorate after a very severe cyclonic storm, Hudhud, battered the port city on 12 October 2014.“It (Hudhud) was a big calamity, of a national disaster scale, though not categorised as such officially. People, press, and even officials thought it would take Vizag about a month or so to be back on its feet. But, CM garu was there the next day, fronting the relief and rehabilitation to repair and restoration works,” N. Yuvaraj, the then Visakhapatnam dis...
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Telangana, Andhra Rain: 29 Dead Amid Heavy Downpours, Over 100 Trains Cancelled

Torrential rains continued to wreak havoc in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday, with flooding and waterlogging in several areas, disrupting people's lives. Twenty-six teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed for flood relief and rescue operations in two neighbouring states. Several rivers in both states are in spate due to continuous downpours, flooding low-lying areas. The national and state disaster response forces have evacuated thousands of people from flooded areas to relief camps. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy and assured them of all possible help from the central government to deal with rains and floods, according to a repor...
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Monsoon Mayhem In Andhra, Telangana: 8 Dead In Rain-Related Incidents, Trains Services Hit

Incessant rainfall wreaked havoc in several parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Sunday, causing severe flooding and crippling normal life. In Andhra, eight persons have been killed in rain-related incidents since Saturday, including five in Vijayawada due to a landslide. The situation in Telangana also remained grim, with flooding low-lying areas and disrupting road connections between villages. Both states sounded alert as the coastal states brace for more rain in the coming days due to the ongoing impact of a depression in the Bay of Bengal. In Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu told the officials to take urgent steps to mitigate the situation arising from heavy rains. In a review meeting on Saturday, Naidu asked officials of all concerned departments to be on their ...
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How Chandrababu is cracking whip on central services ‘babus’ brought to AP on deputation by Jagan

They are being probed in separate cases by various state agencies including the Crime Investigation Department (CID), Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and state vigilance wing.“Every case is different and they are at various stages of investigation by several agencies. There is no centralised probe into these reported offences,” Andhra Pradesh DGP Tirumala Rao told ThePrint.“I have no intimation or official information. My knowledge on proceedings against me is from media reports only. I have nothing to comment,” one of the officers mentioned above told ThePrint over the phone. Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy, a senior TDP leader, alleged Jagan picked “resourceful officers in key revenue generative positions for an unobstructed embezzlement of funds”.“YSRCP CM meticulously selected these go-getters,...
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YSR family feud | Capitalising on sibling rivalry

On January 4, even as All India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge welcomed Y.S. Sharmila, daughter of the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), the former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh, into the Congress with a shawl in the party’s tricolours, her brother and current CM, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), was in Hyderabad spending two hours with the convalescing K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)—whose Bharat Rashtra Samithi had just lost the mandate in contiguous Telangana—and perhaps learning from their failure amid new challenges.Source link
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Cyclone Michaung leaves a trail of destruction in its wake in Bapatla, Guntur districts

Villagers of Suryalanka who were relocated to a cyclone shelter in Bapatla district on Tuesday after their huts were damaged in heavy rains. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Cyclone Michaung wreaked large-scale devastation in Bapatla and Guntur districts on Tuesday, as it made landfall near the Bapatla coast on Tuesday.Standing crops in a large swathe of land were inundated, while electricity supply was disrupted in many areas. Roads were waterlogged in several places, bringing transport to a halt.Some incidents of wall collapse were reported from a few places while there were reports of a temple caving in due to the heavy rain. However, no casualties were reported so far, with the district administration relocating people from 111 villages to rescue shelters.Personnel from the Discoms, SDRF, N...
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Real development of Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram districts all thanks to YSRCP regime: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister

Deputy Chief Minister Peedika Rajanna Dora reviewing arrangements for Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s public meeting to be held at Chinamedapalli village in Mentada mandal of Vizianagaram district on August 25. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Tribal Welfare Peedika Rajanna Dora said the real development of the Parvathipuram Manyam and Vizianagaram districts was taking place only due to the efforts of the regime of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was committed to putting the backward districts on the path of development. Mr. Rajanna Dora said the construction of the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh was going to become a reality with the vision of Mr. Jagan, who would be laying the foundation stone for the construction of the national educational institut...
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Krishna Basin irrigation projects in Telugu States may be hit hard by rainfall deficit

Back in August 2022, irrigation authorities were mulling raising the spillway gates of the Nagarjuna Sagar dam owing to a heavy floodwater discharge at the Srisailam dam upstream of the Krishna river. File photo used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Crops in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stand to be hit hard, particularly under the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, due to rainfall deficit in the upper catchment areas of the Krishna Basin in Maharashtra and Karnataka.According to irrigation authorities, it is the first time since 2018 that the Srisailam reservoir has not acquired a surplus even in the third week of August. The Srisailam reservoir supplements water to the Nagarjuna Sagar, downstream projects, and a large number of lift irrigation/canal systems in the Telu...
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Alliance between parties key for ousting Jaganmohan Reddy, says JSP chief Pawan Kalyan

Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief K. Pawan Kalyan has opined that a reprisal of the 2014 alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Jana Sena Party (JSP), and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) would be essential for presenting an electoral challenge to Jagan Mohan Reddy, the incumbent Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and his party, the YSR Congress.In an exclusive chat with The Hindu, Mr. Pawan said his goal was to see Mr. Reddy removed from power, adding that the matter of alliance-formation would have to be dealt with by the top leaders of the BJP and TDP. Admitting that there might be differences of opinion, Mr. Pawan said such issues could be ironed out for “a larger good”. “Differences are bound to crop up, as at times ideologies do not match even between alliance partners. Even I am...
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Explore Inter-District Disparities in Andhra Pradesh: A Data Point Series by The Hindu Data Team

The Data Team of The Hindu has been exploring inter-district differences in southern States through a series of Data Points. District-wise variations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana were discussed in the previous editions. This is the last story in the series which looks at the inter-district disparities in Andhra Pradesh.While uneven progress existed in all States analysed, there was a common denominator. In all States, in general, the richer districts performed well in most socio-economic metrics while the poorer districts suffered. This understandable pattern was recorded across all the four States analysed till now. However, Andhra Pradesh did not conform to this trend.In Andhra Pradesh, richer districts did not top most of the socio-economic parameters analysed. Interes...
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Home Minister Amit Shah aware of deteriorating law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh: BJP MP

Rajya Sabha MP (BJP) G.V.L. Narasimha Rao. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju BJP MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said the abduction of Visakhapatnam MP M.V.V. Satyanarayana’s wife and son, the burning alive of a 15-year-old boy in Bapatla district and the atrocities committed against Dalits were proof of the deteriorating law and order scenario in Andhra Pradesh. “All these incidents were taken to the notice of Home Minister Amit Shah, who keeps a tab on what happens in the States. Obviously, he launched a blistering attack on the A.P. Government. But, instead of admitting the failures, the State Government was trying to paint a rosy picture,” he said. Also Read | BJP leader demands CBI inquiry into alleged kidnap of Visakhapatnam MP’s kin and auditorAddressing a press conference in Vijayawada on Sunda...
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