Do not fall prey to people with vested interests, Andhra CM tells volunteers ANI | Updated: Feb 10, 2021 12:43 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Chief MinisterYS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday wrote a letter to 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers, in response to a few political factions provoking them to protest for a salary hike.
Andhra CM in his letter asked them not to be misled by people who are bent on destroying the volunteer system and continue to offer their services as before. Certain people with vested interests who want to snatch your respect and this noble system from you are provoking you to protest. I, as a brother, humbly request you to stay away from such elements and concentrate on the service you are rendering to the needy, he said.
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Botcha to launch water project at Piduguralla today
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Botcha to launch water project at Piduguralla today
People of the Lime City, Piduguralla, finally set to get potable water at their houses as decade-old dream of getting piped water supply to households has been realised. A drinking water project of supplying potable water drawn from Govindapuram to 16,800 households is being launched by Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Botcha Satyanarayana on Saturday.
Kasu Mahesh Reddy, MLA of Gurazala and grandson of former Chief Minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, said the dream to get a piped water for Piduguralla has remained unfulfilled for long.
Eluru mystery illness: Mercury found in rice
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Published: Saturday, December 12, 2020, 11:13 [IST]
Hyderabad, Dec 11: One week after the strange illness broke out in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, which claimed 1 life and left 600 sick, analysis carried out by various groups have found several abnormalities in the food that the victims had consumed.
The state government is going through the reports and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy held a meeting with medical experts in Amravati.
National Institute of Nutrition found traces of mercury in rice and pesticides and herbicide residues in excess quantities in vegetables. Residues of organophosphorous in blood were also found, but said it has to be studied how they entered the humans.
A report submitted to the government by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology established the presence of lead and nickel in blood (of the victims), but nothing in drinking water.
Eluru ‘mystery illness’: Officials to probe food contamination
Experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that they are surveying the areas where people have fallen sick and are collecting health details including the food they consumed. Updated: December 10, 2020 6:54:12 pm
A youth receiving treatment at the Eluru Government Hospital. (Source: ANI)
Ruling out water and air contamination, the Andhra Pradesh Government has turned its focus to food products as a possible source of the
mystery illness in Eluru town. Health Commissioner Bhaskar Katamneni told The Indian Express Thursday that they have ruled out contamination in water and air samples taken from the affected areas in the town.