Kakinada, Dec 7th: An expert committee of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) conducted a public audit on Monday on the proposed Kakinada special economic zone (K-SEZ) with villagers of Tondangi and U. Kottapalli mandals of East Godavari, at Vakadaripeta village of Tondangi mandal. The committee comprising environmentalists, intellectuals and professors of various state and central universities in the country came to the village, nearly 40 km from Kakinada city, and held the audit as part of their efforts to intensify the stir against various SEZs in the country.
Interacting with the NAPM panel, the villagers expressed their problem saying that their valuable lands were occupied by the government under the name of SEZ. A people's representative and advocate of Mulapeta village, Mr. Ch. Suryanarayana Murthy said that the Central and the state government were saying that the SEZ were proposed for uplifting poor people and developing the industrial sector, but selling the lands to private parties at a cheap price. He said that the government had started sending notices to peoples of 16 villages of U. Kottapalli and Tondangi mandals.
Hyderabad, Dec 7 : With Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao continuing his fast unto death to demand a separate Telangana state, the ruling Congress party Monday intensified efforts to find a solution. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Monday night sought the opinion of ...
New Delhi, Dec 7th: The Central Board of Secondary Education has begun the process of evolving an official rating system for schools affiliated to it. The CBSE is soon going to start the rating of the schools based on its academic results, infrastructure, teacher student ratio and facilities availabl...
Kakinada, Dec 8th: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to offer broadband connections to students at 20 percent concession on charges from December 1 in East Godavari district. The district telecom general manager, Mr. G. Raghavendra Rao, told that they were going to offer broadband connecti...
Kakinada, Dec 8th: The process of preparing a master plan for much-awaited Petroleum, Chemical and Petro-chemical Investigation Region (PCPIR) between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam has received momentum. The special Development Authority of the PCPIR, recently opened financial bids received in response ...
Kakinada, Dec 8th: To make the customer identify the genuine food and help them being cheated with adulterated food items at the time of sale, food control authorities are carrying out awareness program on food safety, hygiene and on identification of standard marks like Agmark and ISI on items in Ea...
Kakinada, Dec 8th: High beam head lights have emerged as major irritants for road users in East Godavari district, particularly on Kakinada and Rajahmundry. Though Transport Authority officials and traffic police are trying to control the problem by conducting raids and imposing fine, the situation r...
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