Rajahmundry, May 12th: The district municipal authorities will initiate criminal action against the companies supplying packaged drinking water if any contaminated water supply was noticed by them. The authorities seized the water products that were being transported in an auto rickshaw on Tuesday. They noticed bacteria in two sachets and a bottle in their examination.
Municipal health officer, Dr. G. Satyadev examined the water sachets with a special kit made for the purpose in the presence of media. He noticed residues of bacteria which cause diarrhea. Health officer revealed that they have seized 6,500 water sachets and more than 200 water bottles from several places in last two days. Authorities also noticed that the details of packing date were not provided by some firms.
Mr. Satyadev said that water once packed should be used within one month, if not bacteria would develop in the waster causing health problems to those who drink it. Municipal commissioner, Dr. V. Rajendra said that they were going to conduct raids on commercial establishments including hotels, messes and pan shops to prevent the sale of contaminated water. Raids will be also done on ice factories and cases will be booked against them if they use contaminated water for making ice.
Hyderabad, May 13th: Exit polls conducted by different television channels for the five phase Loksabha elections-2009 which ended on Wednesday predicted a fractured mandate. Most of them gave results favoring towards congress led UPA and the next lead was given to BJD led NDA with the third front a...
Hyderabad, May 13th: Intelligence Bureau received warning about possible terror attack in South India after elections. With the poll counting just a day head the city was kept in high alert. On receiving the news the security has been tightened in the city. According to the Deputy Commissioner of t...
Kakinada, May 13th: To cater to the changing needs of the deep water sea port, Kakinada Sea Ports Limited (KSPL) has taken up the construction of 5th berth. The 600 meter berth will be the largest among the existing berths. KSP has provided harbor facility to the coast guard for its operations whic...
Kakinada, May 13th: Students of Aditya IIT Talent School, Kakinada excelled in CEEP (Common Entrance Exam for Admission to Polytechnic) results that were declared on Wednesday. Mr. M.S.R.K Teja bagged first rank by scoring 116 out of 120 marks. Along with the first rank the school bagged 25 ranks b...
Rajahmundry, May 13th: With the reports received by food authorities about formation of bacteria in packaged drinking water sachets and water bottles, the authorities are going to take up a special drive on both manufacturers and retailers of edible items, mainly packaged water, cool drinks and ice...
Kakinada, May 14th: The Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet)-2009 held peacefully at 42 centers in the region on Thursday. According to the Eamcet-2009 regional coordinator and JNTU principal, E.V Prasad, 14,411 candidates appeared for the engineering stream out of the registered f...
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