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Sudhakar Reddy

Hyderabad: CPI leader S Sudhakar Reddy severely criticized the Central Government’s agriculture bills and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had enacted these bills to help his friends ‘Adanis’ and ‘Ambanis’. He expressed these views while addressing 96th Agriculture Day in Maqdoom House in the presence of CPI Telangana Secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, P Venkat Reddy, a former member of Rajya Sabha Aziz Pasha and other prominent leaders of the party.

S Sudhakar Reddy described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘Chowkidar’ of the corporate capitalists. He said that the CPI is the second party in the country after congress which has a long history of service to the people. The party began its movement from the struggle of the peasants. He said, “as long as there are tears in the eyes of the peasants the CPI and other communist parties shall continue to exist.”

“Winning or losing elections is the part of the parliament democracy. The CPI condemns the Central Government’s agriculture bills and shall continue its protests till these bills are withdrawn, Reddy said.

He further said, “Lakhs of farmers with 80 thousand trucks are protesting against the government’s agriculture bills. The Central Government had failed to address the farmer’s issues. The government is busy in hurling accusations against the protesting farmers to sabotage their protest. The Government is describing them as fake farmers or Khalistani terrorists and trying to link them to Pakistan or China and his party condemns such attempts by the government to defame the farmer’s protest. CPI fully support the farmer’s protest in the country.”

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JAC

Hyderabad: A delegation of Muslim Association Joint Action Committee met the Center Minister of State G Kishan Reddy and appraised him about the issues concerning the old city. The delegation members Dr. Iqbal Javid, M Hashmat Ali, Shaik Shamsuddin Ahmed, Mirza Yusuf Baig, Naimullah Sharif and Syed Salimuddin sought Reddy’s help in restoration of Osmania Hospital’s patient block and commencement of Metro rail construction work in the old city.

A member of the delegation Dr. Iqbal Javid informed the Minister, “The 6 kms Metro line from M G Bus station to Falaknuma has been approved but due to some political reasons, the construction work has not been started even though this is one of the most feasible routes of the Metro Project.”

Dr. Iqbal said that there were many initiatives by non political and social organizations to ensure commencement of work on this route but without any success. He requested Kishan Reddy to take personal interest to ensure that the work starts on this project.

Dr Iqbal further said that there were promises since last 8 years to safeguard the historical building of Osmania Hosital. Funds were allocated many a times for its renovation work. The closure of the old block of the hospital is causing inconvenience to the poor people of the city who were coming to get treatment in the in-patient block of the hospital. He requested the Minister to ensure restoration of the old block of the Osmania Hospital.

real estate sector

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s real estate sector witnessed an impressive growth in comparison to 7 other metro cities of the country. The sector has witnessed an increase in the sales of flats and new units.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the real estate sector throughout the country had declined. However, according to a JLL report the Hyderabad Real Estate has made notable progress.

According to the report, the Real Estate witnessed a 51% increase in its sales of Flats in the quarter from October to December. The city of Pune is occupying first place with 3323 units (147% increase) while Hyderabad with 3570 (68%) is occupying the second place.

The negative impact caused due to Covid-19 pandemic has badly affected the real Estate sector in the country. It is expected that the sector would witness an upward trend after the un-lock. Hyderabad city, in comparison to other cities, is making rapid progress in this sector.

During the last quarter, the sector witnessed commencement of work on 26,785 new residential units. This is 40% more in comparison to other cities. More flats were sold in Manikonda Jagir, Hafeezpet, Kondapur, LB Nagar and Kompally.

“A big increased is witnessed in the sales of residential sector during October, November and December. It is expected that the sector would record more development in the year 2021”, the survey says. “Beside Pune and Hyderabad, as per the report, Chennai occupies 3^rd place with 59% increase, Bangalore 4^th place with 46%, Delhi 5^th with 43%, Mumbai 6^th with 22% and Kolkatta 7^th with 12 % increase”, the report concludes.

coronavirus

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 472 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to over 2.84 lakh (2,84,863), while two fatalities pushed the toll to 1,531, the state government said on Sunday.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for most number of cases with 106, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy with 45 and 44 respectively, a government bulletin said on Sunday, providing details as of 8 pm on December 26.

Over 2.76 lakh (2,76,753) people have recovered from the disease so far.

As many as 6,579 patients are under treatment and 37,347 samples were tested on Saturday.

Cumulatively, over 67.23 lakh samples have been tested.

The samples tested per million population was over 1.80 lakh, the bulletin said.

The case fatality rate in the state was 0.53 per cent, while it was 1.4 per cent at the national level.

The recovery rate in Telangana was 97.15 per cent, while it was 95.8 per cent in the country.

Raja Singh

Hyderabad: Raja Singh, BJP MLA representing Goshamahal Assembly constituency levelled allegations against Srisailam MLA Silpa Chakrapani Reddy over Muslims in the temple town.

According to the Deccan Chronicle report, the BJP MLA alleged that Silpa is supporting Muslims in the town. He also said that Muslims monopolized all contracts and shops in the town.

Goshala cows

The BJP MLA further alleged that Goshala cows are being slaughtered in the town.

Continuing his allegations, he said that a contractor by name Razaq who is a close aide of Silpa is controlling the Srisailam temple.

Silpa rejects allegations

Rejecting the allegations, Silpa said that they are baseless. The Srisailam MLA also said that he is ready for a debate after Sankranti.

The allegations are intended to provoke a section of society, he added.

He further said that he is ready to tender resignation if the BJP MLA proves the allegations.

Muslims in the town

Speaking about the Muslims in the temple town, he said that they are living here for ages.

An official said that as per the Endowments Act, no non-Hindus are allowed to reside in temple towns. However, the Muslims who are living in the town for ages have approached the court and matter is pending, DC reported.

Hyderabad: Another male spotted deer was found dead on University of Hyderabad campus on Sunday, the second in less than a week.

Stray dogs chased two deer near the shooting range. “One of the deer tried to jump the wall to escape but hit the wall. The other deer escaped to the wooded area in the campus,” said PhD scholar and wildlife activist Rohit Kumar Bondugula.

This is the second incident of feral dogs killing deer on the campus. Earlier on December 22, a spotted deer was found dead.

The activist alleged that there is no protection to the state animal of Telangana. He said that the Forest Department and the university have utterly failed to protect the animals.

“There is a serious threat to the wildlife in the campus. If incidents continue at this alarming rate, the campus will no longer have any wildlife,” he said.

A male spotted deer was found dead near under-construction site of S.N. School on the campus on December 22. It was attacked by feral dogs.

Bondugula said that the excessive deforestation in campus leading to loss of habitat for wildlife. Loss of green cover is forcing animals to come in to open areas. As a result they are becoming prey in feral dog attacks and poaching, he said.

The activist demanded measures to control the growing population of dogs. He said there was need to sterilise the stray dogs and raise the height of the boundary walls to prevent feral dogs from entering the campus.

“We have witnessed several deaths of spotted deer, peafowl, wild boars, wild hares, monitor lizards, mongoose etc,” he said.

Rohit had earlier voiced concern over the threat to the biodiversity on the campus due to series of fire accidents

Many wild animals believed to have perished in two fires in May. The campus witnesses 6-7 fires every year.

The university campus spread over 2,500-3,000 acres, is home to several rare species of bird and wild animals like spotted deer, wild boar, monitor lizard and Asian palm civet.

Source: IANS

Hyderabad: In view of increase in incidents of major road traffic accidents caused by persons driving under the influence of alcohol in the city, Cyberabad Traffic Police (CTP) has been conducting regular checks of drivers for Drunk Driving (DD) at various locations everyday across Cyberabad.

As many as 2351 persons have been booked for ‘Driving under the influence of alcohol’ cases u/s 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. They are being charge sheeted and all of them would either be penalised with Rs. 10,000 or imprisonment for upto 6 months if it was their first offence or Rs. 15,000 fine or imprisonment of upto 2 years, if it was their second or subsequent offence.

In a statement the cyberabad traffic police said that the Driving Licences of all these offenders were seized and being sent to the concerned RTOs for suspension for 3 months for their first offence and permanent revocation in cases of the second or subsequent offence.

The tests were being conducted by following all safety precautions in view of prevailing COVID situation.

As the drunk persons driving a vehicle are posing serious threat to the safety of innocent commuters on city roads, the DD testing will be continued and stringent action as per law will be initiated against all such offenders, the traffic police said.

Further, the employers, educational institutions, government departments are being intimated about the involvement of their employees and wards in such dangerous acts.

The police also said that Any person committing any road traffic accident by driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and causing death of any person (whether travelling in their vehicle or any third party vehicle), would be booked for ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ u/s 304 part II of IPC which would result in imprisonment of either description (simple or rigorous) of upto 10 years.

The police appealed to the general public to not to resort to driving any vehicle under the influence of alcohol at any situation. They should make alternative arrangements for their travel after they consume alcohol in any event.
The police requested the citizens to join hands with police to improve road safety.

Hyderabad: Private Auto Financiers have started seizing auto rickshaws once again disregarding their promise made before the Home Minister that they would not seize the autos upto March, 21 next year.

Auto Drivers association demanded the state Government to arrest the Private Auto Financiers who are harassing them under P.D. Act and put them in jail for one year.

Telangana Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee today regretted that Private Auto Financiers had started seizing auto rikshaws once again disregarding their promise made before the Home Minister Mohd. Mahmood Ali last month that they would not seize the autos upto March, 21 next year for default of installment payments, in view of the lockdown, lack of business and flash floods difficulties.

Mohd. Amanullah Khan, the Convenor of the committee while addressing a press conference at N.S.S. News Centre in Hyderguda said that the Auto Drivers were happy to note when they came to know that the Home Minister had directed the Private Auto Financiers not to seize autos till March 21 next year for default of monthly installments.

However, he said that the Auto Drivers and Owners were shocked and surprised to know that the Private Financiers had started seizing the autos once again through their hired goondas for the default of regular loan repayments.

He warned that if the Private Auto Financiers did not return the original Auto R.Cs and Permits kept with them forcibly and illegally at the time of finance agreement within a fortnight, The Committee would organize a fast-unto-death program, demanding their immediate return.

He alleged that the Private Auto Financiers by keeping the R.Cs and Permits with them were selling the Autos to one person to another by seizing the Autos without the knowledge and permission of the registered owner.

The committee leaders K.Laxmi Narsaiah, Diamond Salim, M.A.Qadir, J.Vamshi Krishna, Mohd. Qadar, Mohd. Azeemuddin, Robin, Mohd. Lathief, Farooq also participated in the Press Conference.

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Sunday decided not to set up purchase centres in villages to buy agriculture produce from farmers, saying it was one time facility provided on humanitarian grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The farmers will have to bring their produce to agriculture markets. However, the system will be streamlined by issuing tokens to ensure that all farmers don’t turn up at the market on the same day.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday.

The participants in the meeting observed that due to the pandemic, the government had set up purchasing centres in the village to ensure that farmers did not suffer losses.

“It is not possible to do the same thing every time. The government is not a business organisation or a trader. It is not a rice miller or a dal miller. Sale and purchase is not the responsibility of government. It is not possible to set up purchase centres in the villages from next year onwards. The new farm laws being implemented in the country allowed the farmers to sell their crop anywhere. Hence, the state government need not set purchase centres in the villages,” they said.

The officials said that even since the Telangana was formed, the government incurred heavy losses due to purchase of various crops. The government so far incurred losses to the tune of Rs 7,500 crore due to the purchase of paddy, sorghum, maize, redgram, Bengal gram and sunflower. Though the government had purchased these agriculture produce by paying the Minimum Support Price (MSP), it had to sell them at the lower prices in the market, as there was no demand for these crops.

The Chief Minister announced that all the farmers in the state would be given financial assistance under Rythu Bandhu from Monday. He stated that Rs 7,515 crore financial assistance is given to 1.52 crore acres of the cultivated land of 61.49 lakh farmers at the rate of Rs 5,000 per acre for the 2020 summer season. The CM has instructed the officials concerned to ensure that every farmer get the assistance in his bank account directly for each acre.

The Chief Minister also directed agriculture officers to ensure effective implementation of Rythu Bhima scheme. When the Rythu Bhima scheme started Rs 630 crore was paid as the installment but many farmers have registered their land among their family members so that they are all covered by the Rythu Bhima policy. Hence the number swelled and the premium doubled. This year’s installment is Rs 1,144 crore but the government decided to continue the scheme.

Rao also directed the officials to continue 24×7 free power supply and ensure that the farmers get quality seed, fertilisers, and pesticides.

Source: IANS

Kerala secure first win of the season, beat Hyderabad 2-0

Bambolim (Goa), Dec 27 : Kerala Blasters dished out a complete performance as they edged Hyderabad 2-0 to secure their first win of the 2020/21 Indian Super League (ISL) season at the GMC Stadium on Sunday.

Abdul Hakku’s header in the 29th minute put Kerala ahead in the first half before Jordan Murray sealed three points for Kibu Vicuna’s side in the 88th minute.

Vicuna rang in five changes to the side that drew against SC East Bengal while Hyderabad made two changes with Liston Colaco returning to the starting eleven.

Both sides created chances in the first half but it was Kerala who headed into the break with a lead.

Kerala started on a bright note and had a chance to break the deadlock early on when an error from Asish Rai got Hyderabad in trouble. Sahal pounced on Rai’s poor touch and squared the ball but Odei Onaindia thwarted the danger with a vital tackle.

Hyderabad too created a few half-chances with Aridane Santana failing to take them. Both sides fought neck-and-neck but Kerala grabbed the opener just before the half-hour mark through a set-piece. They won a corner and Facundo Pereyra whipped an inch-perfect cross for Hakku, who bagged his first ISL goal through a pin-point header.

Hyderabad rallied back after conceding, pushing hard for the equaliser and came close before the end of the first half after some good build-up play. Rai squared the ball for Santana in the box but the latter fluffed his lines and failed to get his shot on target.

Kerala piled the pressure on Hyderabad after the change of ends, and carved out great opportunities to double their tally before the hour mark. The first chance arrived when Pereyra threaded in a ball for Sahal in the box. He created space and only had the keeper to beat but his mishit found the side netting.

Minutes later, Subrata Pal produced a top-notch save after diving full-stretch to keep Rahul KP’s deflected shot out for a corner.

Hyderabad threw the kitchen sink in the dying minutes but just like the first half, failed to convert their chances. The best opportunity fell to Halicharan Narzary in the 80th minute, but he miscued his shot. Receiving the ball on the left, the winger cut inside looking to find the far corner but saw his effort sail over the bar.

However, their hopes of making any comeback were swept away when Murray put the game to bed late on. Substitute Adil Khan failed to deal with a cross in the box and it fell to Murray, who made no mistake and placed his shot in the bottom corner.

Disclaimer: This story is auto-generated from IANS service.

Hyderabad airport

Hyderabad: Customs department arrested a woman and seized over two kilograms of gold worth over Rs 94 lakh from her possession at Hyderabad airport on Saturday.

As per an official release, the lady passenger was traveling from Dubai to Hyderabad, and during routine customs check it was found she was concealing five gold bars and some jewellery of 22 carats in her baggage.

“The five gold bars are weighing 1427.63 grams and valued at Rs 67.84 lakh. The jewellery weighing 593.55 grams is valued at Rs 28.20 lakh. The smuggled goods have been seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 and further investigation is under progress,” the release added.

Coronavirus cases in Telangana

Hyderabad: Two more UK returnees in Telangana tested positive for Covid-19, taking the count to 20 infections among those who returned from the United Kingdom.

Director of the State Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Dr G Srinivasa Rao told reporters, “Two more of those who have had results so far today have been confirmed positive for coronavirus. Both are from the Malkajgiri district. We have sent the samples (for genetic sequencing to test whether it is UK COVID-19 strain) of those who came positive to Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and their results are awaited.”

Total 20 UK returnees test positive

“A total of 20 people who returned from the UK to the state have been diagnosed with the coronavirus so far. Of those who came in positive, four were from Hyderabad, eight from Medchal Malkajgiri district, two from Jagityal district and one each from Manchiryal, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet and Warangal urban districts. We put 20 people in special wards in different hospitals,” he added.

Rao further said that the department is on high alert in the wake of the new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK.

“We are collecting details of those from the UK and examining their health condition. Since December 9, a total of 1,216 people have come to Telangana from the UK and we identified 970 of them and conducted their coronavirus tests. Of those from the UK, 92 were from other states. We have provided information to the respective states.”

“A total of 154 are yet to be traced. Their address and phone numbers are not comprehensive, so those who have come directly to the state from the UK after December 9 or have travelled through the UK are kindly requested to provide their details by calling 040-24651119 or 9154170960 via WhatsApp,” he added.

COVID-19 cases in TS

As many as 472 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths have been reported from Telangana on Saturday, while 509 patients have been discharged during the day, the state’s health department said.

The total number of positive cases in the state has gone up to 2,84,863.

Of these, a total of 2,76,753 have recovered. While there are a total of 6,579 active cases currently, 1,531 patients have succumbed to the virus till now in Telangana, it added.

Hyderabad: Heritage lovers and activists were up in arms against the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) as the civic body continues to delay the restoration process of the 450-year-old wall of the Katora Houz at Golconda Fort.

The old retaining boundary wall of Katora Houz, the magnificent tank of the ancient Golconda Qila (fort) here, collapsed in the heavy rains that caused floods in October. Heritage activists allege that the tardy maintenance has resulted in the collapsed wall of Katora Houz.

Worried residents of Golconda Qila have called upon the Archeological Survey India (ASI) and the state government, the activists’ groups and residents urging the ASI to renovate the tank.

In 2019, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) in collaboration with the Telangana Tourism Development Corporation Limited (TTDCL) and GHMC decided to renovate and develop Katora Houz as a tourist spot. Though the tank was cleaned several times previously, proper development or restoration works have not been taken by any of the state authority, as Katora Houz waits for a new life.

Speaking to siasat.com, Anuradha Reddy, convener of the INTACH Hyderabad Chapter said that it is the responsibility of ASI to preserve, renovate and maintain the heritage tank. “The four-acre lake will be soon illegally grabbed. Some of them are parking their vehicles in front of it and dumping waste into it already,” she lamented.

Dilapidated walls running to 350 metres on the Katora Houz caved in during the city witnessed heavy rains with floods.

“In November, a proposal has been sent to the Director-General office of ASI after the approval from the higher authorities the restoration works will be taken up,” said Naveen Kumar of ASI, Hyderabad.

The shallow four-acre lake has stone and limestone mortar flooring.

It is said that the Katora Houz was once filled with rose water for Ibrahim Qutb Shah, who visited the place and enjoyed its ambience. However, in stark contrast now, thanks to the apathy of the citizens and the officialdom, one-kilometre radius of the lake is filled with murky water and are also covered with water hyacinth and weed.

During the Qutb Shahi period, the Katora Houz used to get water from dedicated underground pipes connected to the Talaab-e-Durg, now known as Durgam Cheruvu. Now, sewage from nearby localities is also discharged into the tank and with its boundary walls collapse the tank is turning into a dumping yard with people urinating near it, which is supposed to be a protected heritage structure. It is said that the lake also came to the rescue of people inside the Golconda Fort in 1687, when Abul Hassan, the last Qutb Shahi king was fighting a war with the forces of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb before they managed to get into the fort.

The Katora Houz (Persian: well) is part of a network to store and transport water inside the massive fortress. It was one of the water bodies that helped the last Qutb Shahi king, Abul Hasan, survive an eight-month siege enforced by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1687.

Over the past few years, sewage from the surrounding areas is being let into the lake through a 609-mm pipeline.

Medchal: Three persons, including a Chinese woman, were arrested in a case registered in Cyberabad pertaining to instant loan apps fraud, the police said on Sunday.

The accused include Parshuram Lahu Takve, his wife Liang TianTian (who is a Chinese national) and SK Aaqib, a student. One more person is said to be absconding. The company account with a private bank, with an amount of Rs1.42 crores, was also frozen.

According to the police, on 18th November 2020, a victim Bhumana Prasad from Uppal, Hyderabad had taken a loan amount of Rs.3,500/- from one App My Bank and within one week he paid it. Later he took a loan for Rs.4,500/- from the same Loan App and again he paid the amount.

Later when he verified his bank statement (at a nationalised bank) he found that an amount of Rs. 26,000/- was credited to his bank account from 14 different loan applications i.e., Bubble loan, Rupee Bazar, Ok cash, rupee factory, Paisa Loan, One hope, Cash bee, In Need, Snapit loan, cashalo, Piggy bank, Krazy Rupee, Real Rupee/Rupee Bear, Rupee Most without his request, for which he paid Rs.44,000/-(Approx.) to said loan apps.

But the said apps continuously crediting amounts to his account without his consent and harassing him to repay excess amounts.

In this way, the complainant was allegedly forced into debt trap by these microfinance loan apps and harassed him for repayment levying abnormal rate of interests. Complainant on enquiry came to know that they were running the non-banking finance businesses without valid licenses from RBI or concerned Government authorities and they are collecting the contact details and photos from the borrowers while sanctioning the loans, the police added.

After sanctioning the loans, they started and asking for repayment within 7 days period including a higher rate of interest example more than 50% without following the rules or regulations of RBI. If not paid within due date, they started harassment through tele-callers by threatening to defame his character in the society, the police said.

In the year 2013 the accused Parshuram Lahu Takve met Liang Tian Tian, a Chinese national and married her. She came to India on a dependent visa in the year 2016.

Mahesh M Bhagwat, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, along with P. Yadagiri, DCP Crimes and D.Srinivas, Addl. DCP Crimes, Sri. S. Harinath, Asst. Commissioner of Police K.V. Vijay Kumar, Inspector of Cyber Crimes investigated the matter.

Source: ANI

Hyderabad: Hexagon Capability Centre India (HCCI), the research and development arm of Hexagon, a sensor, software and autonomous solutions player launched HexArt Institute to democratise and further Artificial Intelligence skills among the masses on Monday.

Launched as part of HCCI’s corporate social responsibility activities, HexArt will offer free AI education through courses designed for students from classes 8 to 12 and senior engineering graduates as well.

In this endeavour, HCCI teamed up with Nasscom Foundation to set up the AI education community centre at Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad, at a cost of Rs 64 lakh, equipped with cutting edge infrastructure, IT hardware, software and a yearly maintenance budget of Rs 30 lakh.

HCCI and Nasscom Foundation engaged Li2 Technologies as the implementation partner to design and deliver the courses, including administering the centre.

“The courses will encourage students to engage in self-learning, innovations and inventions. The 2,000 sq ft, air-conditioned and fully equipped facility at Mehdipatnam is now open to residents of Hyderabad and the State of Telangana,” said an official statement.

Meanwhile, Telangana IT Minister K. Taraka Rama Rao said the state has already defined its vision to be a global frontrunner in AI and emerging technologies.

“The state is on the path of building a conducive innovation ecosystemskilled workforce will be critical to unleash the government’s 2020 AI vision’s full potential,” said Rao.

Senior official Jayesh Ranjan said Telangana commemorated 2020 as the year of AI, which will continue that focus in the coming years as well.

“It is critical that we build a strong talent pool and AI is going to play a key role. I fully appreciate Hexagon’s contribution in fuelling the community level growth for futuristic technology,” said Ranjan.

According to Nasscom president Debjani Ghosh, data and AI can add up to $500 billion to India’s GDP by 2025, necessitating talent pool creation to propel India as a leader in AI tech.

Navneet Mishra, vice president and general manager of HCCI said the goal of AI community centre is to empower and upskill the next generation of youth with AI skills.

“We need to make AI pervasive to compete and succeed in today’s world. As the oldest MNC in Hyderabad, we are committed towards building the state’s talent community, and advance their growth,” he added.

Source: IANS

Hyderabad: 24-year-old Pratyusha, a domestic violence victim who was adopted by Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in 2015, on Monday tied knot to city-based techie Charan Reddy in an intimate ceremony. They were married at a church in Patigadda village near Shadnagar in Rangareddy district.

Pratyusha graduated in nursing last year and worked as a nurse at a private hospital in the city. She now has got a job in state-run Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS).

The marriage was attended by several politicians including the minister for women development and child welfare Satyavathi Rathod, Shadnagar MLA Anjaiah Yadav, Zilla Parishad vice-chairman Ganesh, commissioner of women development Divya Devarajan and several officials of the department.

KCR, however, gave a miss to the ‘adopted’ daughter’s wedding but is known to have personally inquired about arrangements. Earlier on Sunday, KCR’s wife Shoba has exhorted her to lead a happy life. Shobha has presented a diamond jewelry set, besides other jewelry and saris as a wedding gift to Pratyusha.

It may be mentioned that Pratyusha was rescued by the women development and child welfare department authorities in July 2015 from her house at LB Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad in the most tormenting conditions.

Pratyusha, who was 19 years old then, was in a frail condition full of cuts, burns and bruises all over the body, when the department authorities rescued her with the support of the Child Rights Association.

The LB Nagar police arrested her father C Ramesh, a BSNL employee and step-mother Shyamala and shifted Pratyusha to a corporate hospital. On coming to know about her pathetic condition, Rao along with his wife and daughter K Kavitha visited her in the hospital and declared that he was adopting her as a second daughter.

After she was discharged from the hospital in the last week of July, Pratyusha was taken to KCR’s residence, where she had lunch with the chief minister and his family members. He gave her Rs 5 lakh and got her admitted in a hostel under the department’s surveillance.

Pratyusha having lunch with KCR and the then home minister Nayani Narsimha Rao in 2015.

Later, the department got a seat in a private nursing college, where she completed her degree.

Raja Singh

Hyderabad: The BJP Corporators from GHMC today staged protest program at B.R Ambedkar statue on Tankbund. They alleged that the state government was insulting the Corporators, who have been elected democratically. The party MLAs Raja Singh and Raghunandan Rao also took part in the protest program.

Speaking on the occasion, the leaders had demanded the state election commission to issue a gazette notification on the recent GHMC elections. They alleged that the commission was insulting all the democratically elected Corporators of the corporation.

They said that they would expose the drama being enacted by the state government and the state election commission.

They demanded the state election commission to immediately form the newly elected council of the corporation. Targeting the ruling TRS Party, the BJP leaders had alleged that the ruling party was trying to lure their party corporators by offering money

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is gearing up for the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination, in which around 1 lakh people will receive the vaccine dose.

This will be administered to the health care workers such as nurses, paramedic staff, said GHMC Mayor Bonthu Rammohan Rao on Monday. However, the exact date of the vaccination drive was not disclosed

A meeting was held with District Medical Officers and District Immunisation Officers on preparedness on vaccination of Covid-19 in GHMC limits, which was chaired by the Mayor on Monday at GHMC headquarters.

The Mayor directed the officials to identify government schools, and colleges for vaccination centres. He instructed that around 1,100 such centres are required for the vaccination. The preliminary work of identifying and mapping of centres should be completed by 10 January 2021.

He informed that the vaccination drive will be administered in a phased manner. Police officials and municipal workers will receive the dose in the second phase, while people above the age of 50 and those with chronic ailments will get vaccinated in the third phase.

The meeting was attended by GHMC Commissioner, Lokesh Kumar; Additional Commissioner Health, Badhavath Santosh; CMOH Ms. Padmaja; and District Medical Officers and District Immunisation Officers of Rangan Reddy, Medchal and Ranga Reddy.

Hyderabad: In wake of increase in incidents of major road accidents caused by persons driving under the influence of alcohol, Rachakonda Traffic Police has been conducting checks of drivers for Drunk Driving (DD) at various locations everyday across Rachakonda Commissionerate.

According to DCP Traffic Rachakonda Mohammed Tajuddin Ahmed, in view of Covid-19 the tests are being conducted by following all safety precautions.So far
as many as 3287 persons have been booked for ‘Driving under the influence of alcohol.

The respondents along with their blood relatives are counselled by the NGOs in Traffic Training Institute (TTI), LB Nagar, later they are being held charge-sheeted and produced in the court of law, where they are awarded punishments with fine or Raising, Social Service or imprisonment or suspension of DL or Cancellation of DL or with a combination of any.

As many as 33 Driving Licences were cancelled during the year 2020.
Further, the employers, educational institutions, govt. departments are being intimated about the involvement of their employees/wards in such dangerous acts.

In this background, it is appealed to the general public to not to resort to driving any vehicle under the influence of alcohol in any situation particularly in view of coming new year celebrations. It is requested ti make alternative arrangements for their travel after they consume alcohol in any event.
Rachakonda Traffic Police requests the citizens to join hands with police to improve road safety.

Hyderabad: Telangana government has revamped the Water Resources Department in tune with major changes that took place in the field of the irrigation sector in the State.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday held a meeting with the important Water Resources Department officials at Pragathi Bhavan and finalised the structure.

According to a statement from Telangana Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), the Chief Minister has decided to identify 19 water resources regional Centres in the State and each centre would be headed by one Chief Engineer as the monitoring officer.

Adilabad, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Jagtial, Karimnagar, Ramagundam, Warangal, Mulugu, Sangareddy, Gajwel, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Wanaparthy, Mahboobnagar, Nagar Kurnool, Hyderabad, Kothagudem and Khammam will be the regional Centres.

Six engineers-in-chief are also appointed and responsibilities are given to them. General, administration, operation and maintenance wings will have E-in-Cs exclusively. Among the regional chief engineers, three were given the responsibilities of the E-in-C. There are three E-in-Cs and newly three posts of E-in-C are sanctioned.

With this the E-in-Cs number will be six. “CE posts are increased from 19 to 22, SEs posts are increased from 47 to 57, EE posts are increased from 206 to 234, DEE posts from 678 to 892, AEE posts from 2436 to 2796, Technical Officers from 129 to 199, Assistant Technical officers from 173 to 242, Junior Technical Officers from 346 to 398, Non-Technical Personal Assistants from 31 to 45. Superintendents’ posts are increased from 187 to 238 and Record Assistants from 134 to 205. It is estimated that due to revamping, additionally 945 posts are required,” the statement read.

The Chief Minister reviewed with the combined Adilabad district MLAs on the projects and instructed the officials to complete Chanaka-Korata project barrage, Pump House, Canals by June 2021.

Rao instructed the officials to complete the embankments works on Godavari in Warangal district by the coming rainy season and directed that the repair works of Konareddy Tank in Wardhannapet Constituency should be taken up on a permanent basis.

He asked officals to complete the pending works of Konayamakula lift Irrigation scheme in Parakala Constituency and immediately take up survey for the Achampet Lift Irrigation scheme.

The Chief Minister announced the sanction of Huzurnagar Lift Irrigation Scheme. He also instructed the officials to take up repair works on a permanent basis for all the tanks that were damaged during the recent rains.

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