Detailed report on lands to industries sought

Srikakulam: District collector Manzeer Zilani Samoon asked the officials to prepare a detailed report on lands allotted to various industries in the district and submit the same without delay. He reviewed the status of various industries in the district with the officials concerned on Tuesday. On the occasion, the collector enquired with the officials about … Read more

Irrigation canal repairs begin under MGNREGS

Srikakulam: Minorand sub-minor irrigation canals repair works are covered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the district. For the last five years, canals under the Vamsadhara river water project, Gotta Barrage, Narayanapuram, Madduvalasa and Thotapalli projects and canals linked with the major irrigation tanks have been neglected by the YSRCP … Read more

Good response to ITI courses in Srikakulam dist

Srikakulam: Various courses offered at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) are receiving good response for the last several years in the district. The ITIs are being run by the government at Etcherla, Srikakulam and Palasa while 20 institutes are being run by private managements. In government institutes, total seats are 720 and in private institutes … Read more

Ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara treks seven hills 449 times

Srikakulam: Mahanthi Srinivasa Rao of Srikakulam city is an ardent devotee of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala. He trekked the seven hills on bare foot 449 imes. Srinivas starts at his home on bare foot on every occasion. He first started climbing of the seven hills on bare foot on April 4, 1996 at … Read more

Minister K Atchannaidu and MLA K Ravikumar Distribute NTR Bharosa Pensions in Kotabommali and Amadalavalasa

Srikakulam: Minister for agricultural K Atchannaidu and MLA K Ravikumar distributed NTR Bharosa pensions in the morning today. Atchannaidu distributed the pensions in Kotabommali mandal by visiting all houses. MLA K Ravikumar distributed pensions at Amadalavalasa town. Reference Url

NDA leaders concentrate on BRAU nominated officials

Srikakulam : NDA leaders turned their lens towards nominated officials at Dr BR Ambedkar University (BRAU) at Etcherla in Srikakulam district. The BRAU Vice-Chancellor (V-C) KR Rajani was appointed six months ago by the then YSRCP government. She is supported by the then minister for education Botcha Satyannarayana and his wife Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi. According … Read more

Refusal of gunmen by MLA Ravi Kumar creates flutter

Srikakulam : Denial of gunman security by the TDP Amadalavalasa MLA Kuna Ravi Kumar has created flutter in political circles in Srikakulam district. After elected as MLA, he expected Cabinet berth as he belongs to Kalinga community which is a major vote bank in the district. But he was not accommodated in Cabinet, which irked … Read more