Kakinada, Nov 14th: The East Godavari administration will provide pensions and aides like tricycles to all the eligible disabled children in the district. The district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi made this announcement on Saturday at the Children’s Day celebrations organized at the collector’s camp office. The collector hosted a breakfast for the students from various schools. Speaking on the occasion, the collector revealed that several measures were initiated for the welfare of these sections. These include cash deposits in the form of national saving bonds to the tune of Rs 3,000 each covering 500 children.
In addition to this, insurance coverage to the tune of Rs 1 lakh each is being provided to 7,000 mentally disabled children in the district. The Zilla Parishad chairman, Mr. Ch. Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna, the joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar, the assistant director, disabled welfare, Mr. K. Jivan Babu and other officials participated. The children displayed their talents in fancy dress competitions. Prizes were distributed to the winners in the competitions conducted on the occasion.
In addition to this, insurance coverage to the tune of Rs 1 lakh each is being provided to 7,000 mentally disabled children in the district. The Zilla Parishad chairman, Mr. Ch. Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna, the joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar, the assistant director, disabled welfare, Mr. K. Jivan Babu and other officials participated. The children displayed their talents in fancy dress competitions. Prizes were distributed to the winners in the competitions conducted on the occasion.
Training to ideal farmers Posted on 16-Nov-2009
Kakinada, Nov 15th: As many as 2,000 ‘Adarsha Rythus’ (model farmers) will be given training in advanced methodologies and technology in agriculture and its allied departments during a training program at five centers in East Godavari district on Monday. The training in the areas like pos...
Abhaya Hastham to benefit 4.5 lakh Posted on 16-Nov-2009
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Exercise to curb diabetes Posted on 16-Nov-2009
Kakinada, Nov 15th: Experts feel that improved nutrition, regular exercise, early diagnosis, better education besides prompt treatment are the only ways to curb diabetes, which has become a health hazard in India. Participating at the 18th annual scientific meet organized by the Andhra Pradesh Diabet...
Fabric exhibition held in Hyderabad Posted on 17-Nov-2009
Hyderabad, Nov. 16th: A two-day fabric exhibition held here offered a platform to the young and upcoming designers. Themed 'All Things Beautiful', the exhibition showcased a wide variety of clothes made of different fabrics and accessories complementing it. Organised by Femina, the fashion ma...
Former union minister is dead Posted on 17-Nov-2009
Hyderabad, Nov 16th: Former union minister and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) leader Parvathaneni Upendra died here on Monday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 73. Upendra is survived by wife, three sons and a daughter who is married to industrialist and parliament member from Vijayawada L...
Jalamani to provide water Posted on 17-Nov-2009
Kakinada, Nov 16th: Thousands of students of various government schools in Godavari districts will shortly get safe water under Jalamani, a centrally sponsored project of installing stand-alone water purification systems in schools. The superintending engineers of the Rural Water Supply departments i...
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