Rajahmundry, May 8th: The authorities of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) are resuming boat operations from Pattiseema to Papikondalu. With the increase of water levels in the Godavari River, apart from the APTDC authorities the private boat operators are also involved in running boats to Papikondalu. The authorities have suspended the boat operations from last three months to meet adequate draught in the river
Tourism authorities are planning to run 50 seater boat to carry tourists from Pattiseema to Papikondalu. Based on the demand they were planning to raise the fleet. Preparations are also going on to launch 22seater Jalajakshi for a two day package to Papikondalu. The boat will be equipped with AC, Television and DVD player to entertain the commuters. Each person will be charged Rs 1,500 and will be provided with breakfast, snacks, and two non vegetarian meals during their sail on the river.
The authorities are expecting good business with large number of turnout of people especially from corporate sector and professions along with their families. There were also few apprehensions over the turnout of holiday makers as there was global recession and economic slump which resulted in layoff and cut in wages.
Kakinada, May 10th: East Godavari District Joint Collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar sought the cooperation of the millers in the district for the sale of fine quality rice at low cost and also the purchase of paddy which was affected due to rains in some parts of the district. Addressing the millers in a...
Kakinada, May 10th: Through online process, scholarships to the tune of Rs 15.88 crore was paid to intermediate students in East Godavari district. According to the district BC welfare officer, Ms S.K Annapurna the amount was transferred to the concerned banks from the State Bank of India for onlin...
Kakinada, May 10th: The East Godavari district authorities have taken up a special drive to check the quality of drinking water and measures to streamline supplies in areas where shortage of drinking water was noticed. The special drive was launched in all 1,103 villages and habitations in 60 manda...
Kakinada, May 10th: East Godavari District Joint Collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar instructed the educational department to make arrangements for the supply of textbooks to the students by the time the schools were opened after summer vacation. To review over the arrangements, JC organized a meeting wit...
Kakinada, May 10th: With the association of Student Federation of India (S.F.I) and United Teachers Federation (U.T.F), the district authorities are going to organize free spoken English classes from May 14. According to the Kakinada town secretary, P. Anantharaju, the classes will be organized til...
Kakinada, May 11th: As many as 2,000 poll staff and 600 police personnel were appointed for the smooth conduct of centralized counting scheduled to be held on May 16 in East Godavari district for 19 assembly segments and 10 parliament seats. Of them nearly 1,500 belong to Kakinada and the rest are ...
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