Top storyVillagers on Friday stopped CC road works being carried out under the Bharatmala national highway bridge at Rajoli in Jogulamba Gadwal district. Led by sarpanch Gangireddy and upa-sarpanch Sandhya, leaders and farmers asked site engineer Bharat to halt the work. They said grain-loaded vehicles already cannot pass as the bridge was built at a low height, and another one-and-a-half feet of CC and BT would leave clearance at 13 feet, keeping harvesters and ration rice lorries out. Officials removed the CC laid.
Jogulamba Gadwal Collector Rizwan Basha Shaikh issued orders on Tuesday suspending three Gadwal municipality employees over alleged corruption in the collection of rent from municipal shops. The collector said Rs 11.28 lakh collected as shop rent was not deposited into the municipal account. Those suspended are Revenue Officer Rajesh Kumar, in-charge revenue inspector Rajavardhan and in-charge sharaf Rajavardhan Naidu. Additional Collector Narsinga Rao was named inquiry officer and asked to examine receipt books and records and submit a report.
Additional Collector Narsingarao directed officials not to keep complaints received at Prajavani pending. He received petitions on Monday at the Gadwal Collectorate along with Land Acquisition Deputy Collector Krishna and trainee Deputy Collectors Manoj Kumar Reddy and Raj Kumar. He ordered departmental officials to meet their staff every Wednesday to resolve Prajavani complaints, attend on time, and warned of action for negligence. Vacancy details of posts for the disabled and roster point registers must reach the welfare office by the 30th. Officials said 11 complaints were received at the SP office Prajavani, where SP Srinivasa Rao said public trust is vital for the police.
BRS MLA Vijayudu has demanded the immediate restoration of lift irrigation schemes in the Alampur constituency. He met senior Irrigation Department officials at Jalasoudha, Erramanzil, on Monday and submitted a representation. Farmers in the constituency depend mainly on lift schemes, he said, adding that the Utoor and Kyatoor lifts serve an ayacut of 10,000 acres besides supplying drinking water to several villages. Thieves stole copper wires and oil from pumps and transformers, leaving the lifts non-functional, he said.
Ten people were injured when a travels bus overturned after being hit by a lorry on National Highway 44 in Manavapadu mandal of Jogulamba Gadwal district at 2 am on Sunday. The Morning Star private travels bus had left Hindupur in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday night for Hyderabad with 22 passengers. A lorry going from Anantapur to Jammu and Kashmir hit it from behind. Chinna Basava, Vineeta, Naveen Kumar Reddy, Jyothi and Ghazi were seriously injured. Locals shifted the injured to Kurnool government hospital by 108 ambulance.
