Kakinada, May 14th: As many as 20 people fell ill after drinking tank water at Gorripudi village in Karapa mandal of East Godavari District on Thursday. Seven of them were admitted in Government general hospital of which condition of three of them was critical. It is suspected that some of the unidentified persons mixed pesticide in the tank water in late hours of Wednesday.
On Thursday morning the water was released as usual and most of them drank it. Few of the people in the village noticed pungent smell of it and alerted others. By that time, that drank water started vomiting and some of them developed giddiness. They were shifted to KGH for additional medical aid. Mean while medical authorities arranged medical camp at the area as a precautionary measure.
Kakinada RDO, Mr. G.C Kishore Kumar, district medical and health officer, Dr. Vijay Kumar and deputy superintendent of police, Mr. B Atchuta Rao visited the village to look over the situation. Police filed case and Kakinada rural circle inspector, Mr. M. Venkateswara Rao is investigating on it.
Kakinada, May 14th: The district election authorities have made elaborate arrangements for organizing counting on May 16. The administration has given special attention to vulnerable areas in the district which were already identified. The district went to polls in two phases on April 16 and 23 and...
Kakinada, May 15th: On the occasion of 206th birth anniversary, rich tributes were paid to Sir Arthur Cotton also known as father of irrigation here at local JNTU on Friday. The program was jointly organized by the Institution of Engineers (India) local center and the Retired Irrigation Engineers A...
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Hyderabad, May 15th: With the complaint lodged by “Response Foundation”, a city based voluntary organization about the nasty decision taken by the Eamcet officials in disallowing students to write Eamcet exam if they are late by a minute, the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE...
Kakinada, May 15th: With the introduction of centralized system of counting and organizing the same at district headquarters, Kakinada, the demand for accommodation in the region has raised to a maximum extend. There is a heavy rush for accommodation as the contestants and their supporting ca...
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