Massive health plan to be implemented

Hyderabad, Jun 7 : Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Danam Nagender today said the state government would implement a massive health plan with an outlay of Rs 1,140 crore.As part of this plan, the state government had already created 180 new Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 23 Community Health Centres (CHCs) while 354 community health and nutrition clusters were being carved out, he announced at a news conference here.He said the department had initiated a number of measures to strengthen the health delivery systems in the state, focussing on prevention of water, food and vector-borne diseases and effective management of other infectious diseases.He said instructions had been issued to all District Medical and Health Officers to activate the health machinery to monitor water and food quality in the state and take immediate corrective measures, wherever required. He said every gram panchayat had been given Rs 10,000 as part of NRHM grant for village health and sanitation committees and these committees had been instructed to chlorinate drinking water regularly and keep the drains clear and working.The Institute of Preventive Medicine was conducting regular testing of water in all rural and urban areas and was advising gram panchayats and municipalities on corrective measures, he said.The Minister said a major campaign would be launched in all malaria-endemic districts, especially in the ITDA areas of the state from July 20, to take up for intensive spraying, active surveillance and medical treatment of people suffering from fever.He said the government was in the process of filling 759 posts of staff nurses and 2,434 posts of doctors and all the doctors would be in place by end of July this year.He said the government would take stern action to terminate the services of doctors, who had been absent without leave for more than six months.(photo by RSJ Thomas)
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Centre releases second instalment of scholarship

Hyderabad,Jun 7: Andhra Pradesh Minority Welfare Minister Ahmadulla Syed Mohammed today said the Centre had released the second instalment of scholarship amount of Rupees 43.41 crore for pre-matric and post-matric students of minority communities for 2009-10.Addressing a press conference here, he said the Centre had already released the first instalment of Rs 42 crore for the benefit of 1.13 lakh students in the State.Mr Syed Mohammed Ahmedullah said the government had sanctioned Rs 19.53 crore for scholarships for 86,011 pre-matric students and Rs 19 crore for the post-matric students and Rs three crores for the 1309 merit-based scholarships.A.P State Minorities Financial Corporation,(VC & MD) Alhaj Dr.Mohammad ilyas Rizvi (IFS),Principal Secretary,Minorities welfare Lingaraju Panigrahi also seen in picture, ( photo by RSJ Thomas)
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7 killed, 3 hurt in 2 road accidents

Guntur,Jun 7: Seven people were killed and three others injured in two road accidents in this district today.According to police, four people, including a woman and a six-year-old girl, were killed when they were crushed under iron pipes of the lorry, which they boarded on National Highway-5 at Atmakuru in Mangalagiri Mandal late last night.The labourers hailed from Singarayyakonda in Prakasam District and were proceeding to this district in search of work. The lorry' coming from Kanigiri in Prakasam District, was heading towards Vijayawada.The accident occurred when the victims were sitting between the lorry cabin and the iron pipes, placed on the top of the lorry. The lorry driver had to apply sudden brakes, which led the iron pipes to fall on the four, resulting into their death. The police had a tough time in retreiving the bodies which were later sent to Mangalagiri Government Hospital for post-mortem, police added.
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Heat wave conditions despite isolated rains in some areas

Hyderabad, Jun 7 : Heat wave conditions prevailed over the districts of Krishna of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Khammam, Medak and Nizamabad of Telangana even as isolated rain occurred over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.The maximum temperatures significantly rose at many places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and at one or two places over Rayalaseema and changed little over Telangana. They were significantly above normal at a few places over remaining districts of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and at one or two places over Rayalaseema. The highest maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius was recorded at Khammam and Rentachintala, Met department said today,The chief amounts of rainfall recorded in cm are Pulivendula 3, Chittoor, Proddatur and Tiruvuru one each.Light to moderate rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema. Isolated rain or thundershowers may occur over Telangana. Heat wave conditions may continue to prevail over the districts of Krishna of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and over Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Medak and Nizamabad of Telangana during next two days.A spell of rain or thundershowers could occur in parts of city.Maximum and Minimum temperatures would be around 39 and 28 degrees Celsius respectively.
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Congress playing votebank politics for Telangana: Gadkari

Hyderabad, June 7 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has accused the Congress of indulging in votebank politics for establishing its influence in the Telangana region. Addressing media persons here on Sunday, Gadkari said: "The Congress party has declared the decision. They are creating the problems. If they don''t want to execute it, why did they declare the decision? Actually, whatever things have happened in Andhra Pradesh, It is only because of the votebank politics of the Congress."He further said the BJP would support the bill for a separate state of Telangana if it was placed in Parliament.The Srikrishna Committee formed by the Central Government to look into the Telangana issue was a waste of time, he alleged."The Central Government first declared and later deferred its promise in December 2009 to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh," he said.Talking on other issues, Gadkari said he was glad that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had admitted that the Afzal Guru file wass being pushed under political pressure."I think she (Sheila Dikshit) is speaking the truth. The BJP party has accused the Congress party again and again that the word ''secular'' means an appeasement of terrorist. The work of pulling Afzal Guru''s file under political pressure is an appeasement for terrorist. The blame that we are putting on the Congress party and Sheila Dikshit has agreed to it and I respect her for that," said Gadkari.The issue was further aggravated with the controversial statement made by Dikshit a few days ago, where she denied that the Home Ministry had sent her a letter on the case.He also blamed the policies of the UPA government for the miseries of farmers in the country.
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