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YSRC MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy to Move Court

There are only four days left to meet the deadline given by the AP Information Commission to the In-charge secretary of the State Assembly to provide information sought by YSRC MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy under the Right to Information Act. The fight between the two began almost an year ago.The MLA informed this correspondent that he is going to file two separate writ petitions against the violation of the in charge secretary, including one in the High Court and the second in the Supreme Court.

He explained that the writs include, one on violating the Information Commission’s orders and the second is Quo Warranto. Mr. Reddy further said that he is suspecting that in-charge secretary K. Satyanarayana Rao has been holding the office without possessing the required technical and educational qualifications. To get clarity on it, Mr Reddy is going to file the Quo Warranto writ in the Supreme Court under the Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

Meanwhile, Mr Reddy criticised that if it is the case of the public representative in this state, then what about the common man’s fate when they approach any government office for any query through the Right To Information Act? He further suspected that when the government is reluctant to provide the information under the Act, how would it maintain transparency in day-to-day affairs?

NOTE: THE MLA explained that the writs include, one on violating the Information Commission’s orders and the second is Quo Warranto. Mr Reddy further said that he is suspecting that in charge secretary K. Satyanarayana Rao has been holding the office without possessing the required technical and educational qualifications.

Row over statue removal YSR statue removed for road widening: VMC

A 22-feet bronze YSR statue built to mark the Pulichintala project opposite the police control room near Pandit Nehru Bus Stand in Vijayawada has been removed late on Thursday night.Keeping in view the heavy traffic rush for the upcoming Krishna Pushkaralu, the district administration has decided to remove the statue and it has led to a controversy between the police and the YSRC leaders.

The city police arrested YSRC city president Vanga veeti Radha krishna and party state leader Jogi Ramesh when they tried to prevent the statue removal. The YSRC activists staged a protest in front of the statue for the arrest of their leaders.

Congress spokesperson K. Sivaji said that the Chief Minister was jealous of the YSR statue which is centrally located and has ordered its removal. He said the NTR statue, which is in the midst of the roads in Patamata causing traffic jams was not removed. He said that the government should have consulted the city leaders before removing the statue.

The VMC authorities, however, claimed that they were forced to remove the statue as it was obstructing the flow of traffic through the flyover leading to the Kanakadurga temple from the control room point.

Meanwhile, after the government, now the opposition YSR Congress is going to conduct a survey on the issues and problems being faced by younger generation in Andhra Pradesh. The YSRC youth wing conducted a review meeting with youth leaders of the 13 districts at Guntur on Saturday. Addressing the meeting, YSRC youth wing state president J. Raja said that the YSRC will conduct a survey to know the issues and difficulties being faced by students and youth in the 13 districts of AP. He said that the YSRC will include the issues of youth in the party manifesto in the forthcoming elections in the year 2019. He said that committees would be appointed to strengthen the YSRC from village leveland further to conduct campaign against the Telugu Desam government highlighting its failures in fulfilling election promises, including dole to unemployed youth.

YSRC youth wing Guntur city president V.B. Vajram Babu and leaders from the 13 districts of AP participated in the meeting. VMC officials remove former chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy’s statue near the police control room in Vijayawada on Friday.

Three Students Die In Guntur Road Mishap

Four people were killed in a road accident near Dokiparru in Medikonduru mandal of Gunturdistrict on Sunday. A speeding lorry dashedam autorickshaw proceeding towards Guntur killing two people on the spot. Two others, including autorickshaw driver died while undergoing treatment.According to the Medikonduru police, M. Kalyan.20, P Venkatasairam, 21, and Sk. Rahman, 20, belonging to Prakasam district was studying B. Tech first year in Samuel George Institute of Engineering and Technology.

The three students reached Phirangipuram on Saturday night, stayed in the house of Kalyan’s relative and decided to attend a competitive exam on Sunday in Vignan College at Palakalur.

The three started to Palakalur in an autorickshaw from Phirangipuram but the autorickshaw overturned on the Guntur Phirangipuram road in a bid to avoid dashing a dog.

Suddenly, a speeding lorry in the opposite direction dashed the overturned autorickshaw at JOCIL Company near Dokiparru and Kalyan and Venkatasairam died on the spot as they were crushed beneath thelorry.

The locals rushed to the spot, informed the police and rescued Rahman and autorickshaw driver Yesobu, 30, belonging to Vemulurupadu in Phirangipuram. But as their condition was deteriorating due to severe body and head injuries, the police shifted them to GGH at Guntur, but they died in the GGH while undergoing treatment.

Street vendor zones to be created in municipalities

The state government is going to create street vendor zones at all the urban localities in the state.It has identified about 58,000 street vendors all over the state in the urban areas, including municipalities and corporations. The procedure for this entire programme is going to be started from today, which would continue for the coming couple of months, explained managing director of Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (Mepma) P. China Tataiah to this correspondent.

The government would provide a licence to the identified street vendors and based on that the urban local body would allocate suitable places at the zones on the selected streets, he informed. To avoid traffic jams on the streets, the urban local body would ensure proper measures while allocatingland for the zones.

At the same time, the urban local body is entrusted with the responsibility to provide minimum infrastructure to the licenced street vendors and at the zones. It would provide sufficient platforms.

Meanwhile, the ministry of urban development would provide loans, offer skill development programmes, introduce new technology if available, to minimise the losses to the vendors. The officials would also divide the vendors into special groups on the product they sell.

Common interest groups like fish vendors, fruit vendors, vegetable vendors, mutton vendors and others would be identified to place them at one place, he informed. He further explained that they would be form self-help groups (SHGs) for their common needs and financial assistance. He said that the government would provide skill development to these semi-skilled vendors on how to develop their business and other related issues.

The government would provide simple loans to the SHGs and individual vendors with subsidies under the available schemes of the state and central governments. The government has earmarked about Rs:3 crore for the development of these vendor zones in the urban areas.

Note: The government would provide a licence to the identified street vendors and based on that the urban local body would allocate suitable places at the zones on the selected streets. At the same time, the urban local body is entrusted with the responsibility to provide minimum infrastructure to the licenced street vendors and at the zones. It would provide sufficient platforms

Water grid for Palnadu mooted

Narasaraopeta MP of the Telugu Desam Rayapati Sambasiva Rao started various developmental works in his adopted village of Dharmavaram in Durgi mandal of Guntur district on Sunday.Speaking on the occasion, he said that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, despite poor financial condition of the state, is arduously working to develop the state in all possible manner. He said that Mr.Naidu has asked him to develop Palnadu region which was lagging behind for decades.

So, he started various development works with the cooperation of the corporate sector, MPLADS funds and government schemes.

Mr Sambasiva Rao said that a water grid project was submitted to the government to quench the thirst of Macharla, Gurzala and Winukonda Assembly constituencies and he was trying to get funds from the state and Union governments to start Palnadu water grid project.

The MP started a mega medical camp, inaugurated 11 kv. electrical sub-station and planted saplings in the village under vanam-Manam programme in Dharmavaram village on the occasion.