Guntur gearing up for polls on March 10
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Elections to the municipal corporation are being held after a gap of almost 15 years
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The lack of an elected council has stalled infrastructural development in Guntur. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAYA KUMAR
Elections to the municipal corporation are being held after a gap of almost 15 years
The stage is set for an intense political battle in the historic city of Guntur which is all set to witness local body polls after nearly 15 years.
While the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is calling the shots in the run-up to the elections, the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is also hoping to pull off a victory as it has a reasonably strong base in the region.
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VIJAYAWADA: A 43-year-old woman killed her 17-year-old son at A T Agraharam in Guntur town on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Vallepu Siddartha who was addicted to ganja and had been harassing his mother Sumalatha.
According to Nagarampalem police, Sumalatha, a sweeper employed with the Guntur Municipal Corporation on a contract basis, had been living in a rented house at A T Agraharam for the past two months along with her son Siddartha. She was the sole breadwinner in her family since her husband’s death.
Sumalatha’s son Siddartha had dropped out of school and was addicted to ganja and would frequently harass his mother for money for his addiction. On Saturday, there was a quarrel between mother and son, said neighbours who overheard the two. Later, they saw Sumalatha leaving the house, claiming she had “finally got rid of him”. Suspecting something to be amiss, neighbours went inside the house and noticed Siddartha lying dead on t
Mother Kills 17-Year-Old Son for Being Addicted to Weed in Andhra Pradesh
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Drugs can kill and that s exactly what happened in Andhra Pradesh recently where a 43-year-old woman killed her 17-year-old son because he was addicted to smoking ganja.
The incident occurred in Andhra s Guntur town on Saturday. According to reports, the boy identified as Vallepu Siddartha, was addicted to smoking weed and used to harass his mother for money about it. The accused, Somlatha, has been on the run since. Sole breadwinner
According to a report in Times of India, Somlatha worked as a sanitation worker with Guntur Municipal Corporation and lived in a rented house with her son. After her husband s death, Sumlatha was the sole breadwinner of the house. Siddhartha, a school drop-out, was addicted to weed and would often harass her for money.
Guntur Municipal Corporation has decided to expedite the underground drainage works in the city.
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GUNTUR: Guntur Municipal Corporation has decided to expedite the underground drainage works in the city. The GMC officials held a meeting with the representatives of Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited on Tuesday.The Union Urban Development Ministry had accorded permission to take up UGD works worth `903.82 crore in the city. It is one of the biggest-ever grants to any urban local body in the State. The Centre allocated `540 crore in March 2015 and the State government’s share is `363.82 crore.