Kakinada, Dec 3rd: As many as 8000 mentally- challenged people were covered under the 'Niramaya Insurance' Scheme which was launched by the Centre. Addressing a function organized jointly by the Department of the Handicapped Welfare and Indira Kranti Patham to mark the celebration of World day of Differently Abled here on Dec 3, District Collector Gopalakrishna Dwivedi said efforts were being made to extend insurance coverage to all 15,000 mentally-challenged in the district.
He assured all measures would be taken to ensure the entire three per cent of funds earmarked for the welfare of the disabled were spent properly avoiding misuse. In this regard, the Collector said a meeting of all department heads concerned would be convened shortly to discuss about the plan of action for proper utilization of these funds, he added.
As many as 56,170 disabled are receiving the monthly pension of Rs 500 each in the district. Later, the Collector and the ZP Chairman distributed hearing aid to 20 disabled and tri-cycles to six handicapped people on the occasion.
Program on Influenzas at Red Cross Posted on 04-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 3 : The Indian Red cross society, AP unit today organized a two-day sensitization program on influenzas to the red cross volunteers of seven districts, including Srikakulam, East and west Godavari, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore and Mehboobnagar. Inaugurating the program Dr P Vijayakuma...
EG girl bags prize in essay writing Posted on 04-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 3rd: A class VIII student of Kakinada won the consolation prize at the state-level essay writing competition conducted for high school students on Energy conservation. P.S.S Sirisha, a student of Pragathi Little Public school, who won the second prize in essay-writing competition at the...
Holidays for colleges in Telangana Posted on 04-Dec-2009
Hyderabad, Dec 3: In view of the ongoing agitation by the TRS activists in Telangana region, Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to close all the Government and Private colleges in entire Telangana Region for 15 days. In a statement Principal Secretary Suresh Chanda said that the educational instit...
Suicide by engineering student Posted on 05-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 4th: An engineering student of first year B.Tech studying in Chaitanya Engineering College, E. Venkatesh committed suicide by hanging himself in hostel room on Friday. Venkatesh is pursuing his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. He was native of Vijayawada rural. Kakinada police register...
Four held, pistols, gold recovered Posted on 05-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 4th: Ravvulapalem police nabbed on Thursday night, four people involved in several theft cases and recovered two country-made pistols and gold ornaments from them. The arrested are K. Srinivasa Rao of Pedanapalle village of West Godavari district, G. Srinu of Komarajulanka of Ravulapala...
CAT schedule extended by one day Posted on 05-Dec-2009
New Delhi, Dec 4th: After the online Common Admission Test collapsed in several places, creating confusion among thousands of B-school aspirants, the CAT authorities Friday extended the exam schedule by one day. "Prometric and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) have extended the Common Ad...
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