Kakinada, Oct 14th: Zilla Parishad Chairman Ch S Venugopalakrishna said Rs five lakh relating to 'Paavala Vaddee' Scheme of 70 women's self help groups in Thatipaka were embezzled by animators and stern action should be initiated to stop the recurrence of such irregularities. Reviewing the situation at a meeting of the ZP Standing Committee on Rural Development here on Wednesday, he attributed the irregularities to lack of control of MDOs and DRDA over the animators.
Replying to the queries of agitated members, Assistant Project Director of the DRDA said already action was initiated against the erring animator for recovery of the amount invoking the Revenue Recovery Act besides registering a criminal case against him. The ZP Chairman has directed the officials of all departments to initiate criminal proceedings against the staff who indulged in irregularities and embezzlement of funds in government welfare and development programmes.
Replying to the queries of agitated members, Assistant Project Director of the DRDA said already action was initiated against the erring animator for recovery of the amount invoking the Revenue Recovery Act besides registering a criminal case against him. The ZP Chairman has directed the officials of all departments to initiate criminal proceedings against the staff who indulged in irregularities and embezzlement of funds in government welfare and development programmes.
Water for rabi crop urged Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 15th: The Zilla Parishad chairman, Mr. Ch. Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna directed the officials concerned to be ready to arrange alternative sources of irrigation water to meet the demands of rabi crop, as the water level of various water bodies including river Godavari were very less co...
Thanks to Centre: State cabinet Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: Even as the death toll in the unprecedented floods in river Krishna rose to 90 with the recovery of 17 more bodies from the devastated areas in the last 24 hours, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday adopted a resolution thanking the Centre for its assistance. The state Cabinet...
Arogyasri to include APL families Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: The State government may expand the Rajiv Arogyasri health insurance scheme to include Above Poverty Line families too. As of now the scheme is meant for the Below Poverty Line groups but APL families will be able to avail its benefits by paying a marginal premium. A meeting of t...
4579km roads damaged by floods Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Roads and Buildings Galla Aruna Kumari said that as per the present estimates roads of 4579 kilometers were damaged in the flood-affected areas of Mehboobnagar, Kurnool, Krishna, Guntur and Nalgonda districts. Addressing a press conference, she s...
ICRISAT project to boost Sorghum Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has launched a new project that aims to increase food security for small farmers in dry land areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The project titled Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enh...
Sarpanches to lay seize of ZP Posted on 17-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 16th: The Sarpanches of 33 peripheral villages at their meeting held at Nemam village 10kms from Kakinada on Oct 14 have resolved to lay seize of the Zilla Parishad hall and stall the proceedings of the ZP general body meeting on Oct 15, in protest against the move to merge villag...
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