Top storyGovernment Whip and MLA Vemula Veeresham urged farmers to use available water sparingly in view of El Nino conditions. He spoke at a division-level farmer training programme launched on Monday at Nakrekal under the local agriculture department and the ATMA committee. He advised farmers to choose crop varieties that yield higher profits with less water in the Yasangi season, said crop rotation improves soil fertility, and asked them to focus on irrigated-dry crops and pulses. He said the Chief Minister is working for dairy industry development. District Agriculture Officer Vinod Kumar, ADA Vijayender Reddy and market committee chairperson Manjula attended.
Nalgonda district SP Sharath Chandra Pawar received petitions from 53 people who came from various villages to the 'Grievance Day' held at the district police office on Monday. He directed officers to inquire thoroughly at the field level into complaints relating to land disputes, family feuds and financial frauds, and resolve them quickly as per law. He asked officials to respond immediately and deliver impartial justice, adding that delays would not be tolerated and case progress would be monitored continuously.
A fire broke out on Sunday in Unit-3 of the under-construction Yadadri Ultra Mega Thermal Power Station at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district. Officials preliminarily assessed that a lubrication oil leak in the turbine-driven boiler feed pump area caused the blaze. Control cables and some key valves were burnt. Plant staff and on-site firefighting equipment brought the fire under control. Boilers and main turbines were undamaged and no one was injured. Telangana Genco officials inspected the site and ordered an internal inquiry.
A fire broke out on Wednesday in the premises of the Kethepally police station in Nalgonda district. Flames suddenly erupted among vehicles seized in various cases and kept at the station, and within moments spread to other vehicles parked alongside, causing alarm in the area. Fire personnel reached the spot with a fire engine after being informed and were working to bring the blaze under control. The cause of the fire and the extent of property loss are yet to be ascertained.
A private travels bus caught fire on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada main road on the outskirts of Pedda Kaparthy village in Chityala mandal of Telangana's Nalgonda district. The driver noticed the flames, pulled the bus to the side of the road and alerted those on board. All 36 passengers got out safely, but the entire luggage in the bus was destroyed. The fire is reportedly believed to have been caused by a short circuit.
A fire broke out at midnight below the Cheruvugattu Sri Parvathi Jadala Ramalingeswara Swamy temple hill in Narketpally mandal of Nalgonda district. Beginning in a toy shop, the flames destroyed 17 shops and 15 push-carts. Two gas cylinders exploded, spreading the fire to the gram panchayat office, where key records were burnt, officials said. Three fire engines brought it under control. The sarpanch put losses at about Rs 2.5 crore. No casualties were reported; a short circuit is suspected.
Polling in the Munugode Assembly constituency bypoll began at 7 am on Thursday and will continue until 6 pm. The seven mandals in the constituency have 2,41,855 voters, including 1,21,720 men and 1,20,128 women. Authorities set up 298 polling booths at 119 centres, with 47 candidates in the contest. Farm labourers queued early. Voter slips with an identity card are mandatory. Officials are monitoring polling through webcasting. Police said mobile phones and selfies are barred inside polling premises.
Kagita Akhil, 14, drowned while swimming with friends in a pond at Pulipalupula village in Munugode mandal of Nalgonda district on Thursday (May 14) afternoon. Police said he slipped into a deeper part of the pond. Villagers searched for about an hour before recovering the body. Tahsildar Naresh and Sub-Inspector Ravi inspected the site, and the body was sent to the Nalgonda government hospital for post-mortem. A case will be registered once the family files a complaint.
A road accident occurred on National Highway 65 on the outskirts of Veliminedu in Chityala mandal of Nalgonda district. A car overturned while trying to overtake an oil tanker travelling from Hyderabad towards Vijayawada, and the tanker also overturned in the same sequence. Three passengers travelling in the car sustained minor injuries. With both vehicles lying across the road, a heavy traffic jam formed on the highway. NHAI and police personnel moved the vehicles aside and are regulating traffic.
