Kakinada, June 14th: East Godavari district joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar stressed the need of creating awareness among the parents to educate them about the necessary precautions to be taken right from the birth of their young ones to avoid the disability. He observed that two to three percent of the children are disabled in the district and suggested that concerted efforts should be made to prevent more such instances of debility.
Addressing ICDS community development project officers and supervisors in a training program here on Saturday, Mr. Sasidhar said that nearly six percent of Indians were physically handicapped due to lack of proper awareness among the parents about the precautions to be taken at the time of birth. He asked the pregnant women to take nutritious food and look after their health so that they babies would be immune to different ailments.
Assistant Director of Disabled Welfare Department K. Jeevan Babu said a project of identifying the physically disabled was under implementation in rural areas with the help of the National Institute for Mentally Handicapped (NIMH). The CDPOs and supervisors would educate anganwadi workers about identification of children showing signs of disability. Awareness would also be spread among pregnant women. NIMH representative Ramesh, DMHO D. Vijay Kumar, ICDS project director N. Vidyawati participated.
Kakinada, June 14th: The selection of students under Dhirubhai Ambani Protsaham Scheme was finalized by the district administration at the local Rangaraya Medical College auditorium here on Sunday. As many as 200 students were selected for admission into various corporate colleges in intermediate ...
Rajahmundry, June 14th: The state government is paying attention for rural development and taking measures to achieve the same in next five years. As a part of it, the provision of employment under NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) is being given top priority. This is to prevent th...
Hyderabad, June 15th: The election commission is planning to set up mobile units for registration of new voters. The Chief Electoral Officer, Dr. I.V Subba Rao revealed this to media on Monday while he was addressing an all party meeting to discuss strategies to make voter registration a continuous...
Hyderabad, June 15th: To assist the advocate general of Andhra Pradesh High Court, the state government for the first time created two posts of additional advocate generals. Mr. A. Sudersan Reddy, president of AP High Court Bar Association and Mr. A. Satya Prasad, special government pleader were ap...
Hyderabad, June 15th: The former MP of Telangana Rashtra Samithi from Warangal, Mr. Ravindra Naik was manhandled by the TRS chief, Mr. K Chandrasekhar Rao’s supporters on Monday when the party’s state committee meeting was on progress at Telangana Bhavan. Mr. Naik who rebelled against Mr....
Kakinada, June 15th: The officials of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped Kakinada port officer, Mr. Krishna Mohan while he was accepting bribe from a steel barge owner, Mr. Ahmed Alisha on Monday. According to sources provided by the ACB, Mr. Alisha sought the permission from the officer to conduct...
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