Kakinada, Jan 10th: The deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Nadendla Manohar, inaugurated the first round of Pulse Polio Immunization program for children aged between zero to five, at the Municipal Primary School at Tarakaramnagar here on Sunday. On the occasion he appealed the public to support the governments initiative to eradicate the polio in the country.
Meanwhile the east godavari district collector, Mr.Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that over 3,250 booths were set up for this purpose and 101 mobile teams were also arranged to ensure maximum coverage. Over 5,79,079 children were expected to be immunized with oral polio vaccine. The district medical and health department has arranged 7.75 lakh doses of the vaccination. House to house visits would be taken up by 3,250 medical staff from Monday to Tuesday, he added.
The district medical and health officer, Mr. D. Vijay Kumar said their staff administered polio drops to all the children at construction sites, markets, temples, churches, public parks etc. Polio booths were also arranged at railway stations and bus stations, he added. Kakinada MLA, Mr. Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy and the Zilla Parishad chairman, Mr. Ch. Venugopala Krishna and others were present.
Meanwhile the east godavari district collector, Mr.Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that over 3,250 booths were set up for this purpose and 101 mobile teams were also arranged to ensure maximum coverage. Over 5,79,079 children were expected to be immunized with oral polio vaccine. The district medical and health department has arranged 7.75 lakh doses of the vaccination. House to house visits would be taken up by 3,250 medical staff from Monday to Tuesday, he added.
The district medical and health officer, Mr. D. Vijay Kumar said their staff administered polio drops to all the children at construction sites, markets, temples, churches, public parks etc. Polio booths were also arranged at railway stations and bus stations, he added. Kakinada MLA, Mr. Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy and the Zilla Parishad chairman, Mr. Ch. Venugopala Krishna and others were present.
Grading system at JNTU-K Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 10th: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Kakinada (JNTU-K) here will introduce grading system of giving absolute percentage of marks to the students of all engineering courses. A meeting was held at the university premises with all the Engineering and Pharmacy college principals ...
TD blames Center for crisis Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 10th: The Telugu Desam politburo member and former minister, Mr. Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, reiterated that the Congress high command including Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. P. Chidambaram are whole responsible for the law and order problems in the state. Their statements pushed the state into...
RYS scheme at snail's pace Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 10th: The implementation of the Rajiv Yuva Shakthi (RYS) program for providing self-employment to unemployed youth is going on at a snail's pace in East Godavari for the last couple of years. Lack of interest by bankers in providing funds for the scheme due to poor repayments by ben...
Mobile phone banking Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 10th: The State Bank of India (SBI) launched mobile banking for the benefit of its customers recently. Under this system the savings bank account holder can obtain the details of balance in the account, transfer of funds from one account to another, payment of mobile phone and other bil...
No distance classes for B.Tech Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan. 9: Technical education institutions will not be allowed to offer BE/BTech courses through distance education mode from the ensuing academic year. However, they can continue to offer MBA/MCA courses through distance mode. At present, several state universities including the Jawaharlal ...
TV channel editors jailed Posted on 11-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 9th: A magistrate Saturday jailed two editors of Telugu television channel TV 5 for two weeks for airing an unsubstantiated story about an alleged conspiracy behind the death of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash. Crime Investigation Departme...
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