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  • Andhra Pradesh tops southern states in child marriage

    Andhra Pradesh tops southern states in child marriage

    Puttaparthi(Sri Satya Sai district): Child marriages are rampant in all the districts but the undivided Anantapur has the dubious distinction of leading AP State by registering 37.3 per cent, way back in 2019-20, according to National Family Household survey. It was 29 per cent in 2015-16 and it was increased to 8 per cent in between 2015-16 and 2019-20.

    The Women and Child Welfare department claimed that the number of child marriages came down due to their efforts. The lowest is 22 per cent in West Godavari in the State. In districts including Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, East Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool, the percentages range between 23 to 36.

    ICDS Project Director BN Sridevi claimed that they have stopped as many as 2,218 child marriages during the past five years. The ICDS has been making efforts in this direction, but the National Family Health survey indicates a surge in child marriages in the State. The figures prove that child marriages are a phenomenon in AP as well as in other States.

    Among the Southern States, AP tops while Kerala has registered the lowest rate of 6 per cent. AP occupies 6th place in the country

    HANDS project director Kondappa told The Hans India that most of the child marriages were foiled by the ICDS authorities, who are authorised to stop these marriages. HANDS is working along with the ICDS to educate rural populace and even stop child marriages that were fixed. Replying to a question as to why the parents were prompted to marry off their daughters before 18 years of age, Kondappa said there were several compulsions including insecurity, as the parents have to leave their daughters at house when they go to work and they were afraid of sexual exploitation by boys. Other reasons include love affairs, possibility of girls succumbing to pre-marital teen age sex and pre-marital pregnancies etc, which force parents to get them married off soon after attaining puberty. Financial burden is also another reason for child marriages. Replying to a question, Kondappa stated that India stands first among the top 10 countries where child marriages are rampant.

    41 per cent of girls will get married far under the age of 18 years in India. 45 per cent of girls below 18 years age are becoming pregnant. In Anantapur district, 4,741 girls are still not attending schools.

  • Andhra Pradesh to experience above-normal maximum temperatures in May

    Andhra Pradesh to experience above-normal maximum temperatures in May

    VISAKHAPATNAM: As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Andhra Pradesh is expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures and normal to below-normal minimum temperatures in May. The coastal areas of AP are likely to experience above-normal heatwave days during this period.
    The average rainfall across the country in May is predicted to be normal, ranging 91-109% of the Long Period Average (LPA), which is about 61.4 mm based on data from 1971-2020. However, most parts of AP are expected to receive below-normal rainfall.

    Due to the prevailing lower tropospheric South Easterly and South Westerly winds over AP and Yanam, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with a speed of 40-50 kmph are also expected to occur at isolated places over North Coastal AP, Yanam, South Coastal AP and Rayalaseema for the next five days.

    These predictions are significant for farmers and the general public to take necessary precautions and prepare for the weather conditions in the coming month.

    With these weather predictions in mind, the public is advised to take necessary measures to protect themselves from the heat and stay hydrated.

  • APPCB directed to ensure scientific disposal of biomedical waste in Andhra Pradesh

    APPCB directed to ensure scientific disposal of biomedical waste in Andhra Pradesh

    VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Forest and Environment Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has directed the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) officials to initiate measures for effective disposal of biomedical waste through waste treatment plants.

    Holding a review meeting on Thursday, he said a total of 13,728 hospitals with 1,68,255 beds are being operated in the State and as per the 2021 annual report, as much as 7,197 tonnes of biomedical waste is generated per year.

    To scientifically dispose of the bio-medical waste, it is being sent to biomedical waste treatment plants. There are 12 such plants across the State. Bio-medical waste from the hospital has to be sent to the waste treatment plants within 48 hours. The officials should follow the guidelines issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in disposal of biomedical waste, he said.

    As the number of hospitals and the bed strength is going to increase in the coming days, there is a need for new biomedical waste treatment plants.

    The APPCB should issue permissions for setting up new waste treatment plants if applicants are found to be eligible. “There should not be any compromise in disposing hazardous waste and top priority should be given to public health,” he stressed.

    APPCB Chairman Sameer Sharma, Special Chief Secretary (Environment) Neerab Kumar Prasad, member secretary B Sridhar, senior environmental engineer (biomedical) KAS Krishna and other officials attended the review meeting.

  • Andhra Pradesh administration will move to Visakhapatnam from September: Jagan Mohan Reddy

    Andhra Pradesh administration will move to Visakhapatnam from September: Jagan Mohan Reddy

    Visakhapatnam (IANS) | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said the government would start functioning from Visakhapatnam from September this year. He said that he would shift to Visakhapatnam and stay there. He made this announcement while addressing a public meeting at Naupada in Srikakulam district.

    The chief minister said he was moving from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam as part of decentralization of power.

    It is for the first time that Jagan Mohan Reddy has set a deadline for shifting the administrative capital to the port city.

    Last month, during the Global Investors Summit 2023 in Visakhapatnam, he had announced that he would soon be coming to live in the city.

    On January 31, at a program in Delhi, the Chief Minister had announced that Visakhapatnam would soon become the capital of Andhra Pradesh.

    After this, Finance Minister B. Rajendranath Reddy had said at another event in Bengaluru that the state government has decided Visakhapatnam as the next capital of Andhra Pradesh. He reportedly remarked that the state would not have three capitals.

    This led to speculation in political circles that the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government has dropped the plan for three state capitals.

    On December 17, 2019, Jagan Mohan Reddy announced in the state assembly that the state would have three capitols. He overturned the previous TDP government’s decision to develop Amaravati as the state capital.

    The YSRCP government had kept Visakhapatnam as the administrative capital, Kurnool as the judicial capital and Amaravati as the legislative capital.

    –IANS

  • Four killed in two-car collision in Andhra Pradesh

    Four killed in two-car collision in Andhra Pradesh

    Amaravati (IANS) | Four people were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district. The accident occurred after a head-on collision between two cars on the Chittoor-Kadapa National Highway near Kothapalli cross in Ramapuram mandal in the early hours of Sunday.

    Four people, including two women, died in the accident, while four others were injured. The police have admitted the injured to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Cuddapah. The deceased have been identified as Lakshmamma, Chinnakka, Narsaiah and the car driver Raja Reddy.

    Lakshmamma of Budvel in YSR Cuddapah district was paralyzed and her family members were taking her to Virupakshapuram in Chittoor district for treatment in a car. However, the car in which they were traveling rammed into another car coming from the opposite direction near Kothapalli Crossing.

    Lakshmamma, her son Narsaiah and driver Raja Reddy died on the spot. Two other relatives Chinnakka and Harshvardhan were seriously injured. Chinnaka succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the hospital.

    Three people traveling in a car going from Rayachoti to Cuddapah were injured in the accident. He was admitted to RIMS Cuddapah.

    –IANS

  • Special news: Andhra Pradesh’s election winds water on the hopes of shrimp farmers of Gujarat

    Special news: Andhra Pradesh’s election winds water on the hopes of shrimp farmers of Gujarat

    Ahmedabad, 10 April (Hindustan). The shrimp farmers of Gujarat are facing one trouble after another. After the Corona epidemic, the business that somehow stood up has been hit once again. Assembly elections are due in Andhra Pradesh by the middle of next year and the government has reduced the power tariff for shrimp farmers there from Rs 4 to Rs 1.50. Worried about this, the shrimp farmers of Gujarat have also demanded the Gujarat government to reduce the electricity rate from Rs.8 to Rs.3 to Rs.4 per unit. Prawn growers have written a letter in this regard to the officials of the Fisheries Department, expressing their grief.

    From shrimp production to exports, the concern of the shrimp producing farmers of Gujarat has increased. It is now challenging for brackish water shrimp farmers to stay competitive with costly seed, feed and expensive electricity. In Andhra Pradesh, which challenged Gujarat in shrimp production, the government there, while throwing the election dice, gave relief to the shrimp producing farmers. There the electricity rate was reduced from Rs 4 to Rs 1.50. Due to this, there has been a thunderbolt on the shrimp producers of South Gujarat including Gujarat.

    The Gujarat Aquaculture Association, an organization of prawn producers, has written a letter to the authorities requesting it. The association says that the shrimp producers of Gujarat were already facing many challenges, now they will have to face a new challenge.

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    In 100 to 150 villages of South Gujarat, people there produce prawns. By plotting the barren land on the sea shore, the government has provided land to the prawn growers. About 1900 farmers are involved in shrimp production on 25000 acres of land in Gujarat. Due to this 1.5 lakh people got employment. Labor accounts for 10 percent of the shrimp production worth about Rs 2,000 crore. Means the workers get about 200 crore rupees. It is considered a major source of employment.

    Producers say that 5 to 6 units are spent in producing one kg of shrimp. Due to this, while the cost to the farmers of Andhra Pradesh will be Rs 7 to 8, the farmers of Gujarat will have to spend Rs 35. Apart from this, their seeds and food are also cheap due to the hatchery being in Andhra Pradesh.

    Our demand has been unheard for four-five years

    Dr. Manoj Sharma of Gujarat Aquaculture Association Surat says that the barren land of Gujarat’s sea coast is spewing gold through shrimp production. Crores of rupees are exported annually, thousands of people have got employment. Due to the neglect of the government, we are going backward in the country. Our input cost is increasing because electricity is cheaper in Andhra. We are falling behind in the competition. For the last 4-5 years, we have been continuously drawing the attention of the government towards this, but we are not being listened to.

  • 57 IAS officers transferred in Andhra Pradesh

    57 IAS officers transferred in Andhra Pradesh

    Vijayawada: In a major reshuffle, the state government transferred 57 IAS officers including senior officers today. G. Anantha Ramu, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Labour, Factories, Boilers & Insurance Medical Services Department is transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary to government, Minorities Welfare Department duly relieving A.Md. Imtiaz, from full additional charge.

    R.P. Sisodia, who is waiting for posting is posted as Director General, A.P. Human Resources Development Institute duly relieving J. Syamala Rao, from full additional charge.

    The services of B. Sreedhar, M.D, GENCO & CMD, TRANSCO (FAC) are withdrawn from Energy Department and his services are placed at the disposal of E.F.S & T Department for posting him as Member Secretary, A.P. Pollution Control Board, duly relieving Pravin Kumar, from full additional charge.

    Saurabh Gaur, ImSecretary to Government, I.T.E & C Department is transferred and posted as Resident Commissioner, A.P. Bhavan, New Delhi. Adityanath Das, IAS (Retd), Advisor to Government is relieved from full additional charge of the post of Principal Resident Commissioner.

    Kona Sasidhar, Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development is transferred and posted as Secretary to Government, I.T.E & C Department ,K. Harshavardhan, Director, social Welfare is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of Y.A.T & C Department for posting him as V.C & M.D., SAAP. He shall continue to hold the full additional charge of the post of Secretary, A.P. S.C. Commission, until further orders.

    M.V. Seshagiri Babu, Commissioner, Intermediate Education is transferred and posted as Commissioner, Labour, duly relieving M.M. Nayak, IAS from full additional charge. Dr. M. Hari Jawaharlal, Commissioner, Endowments is transferred and posted as Secretary to Government, Labour, Factories, Boilers & Insurance Medical Services Department Sri Pravin Kumar, Commissioner & Director, Municipal Administration is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of Industries & Commerce Department for posting him as Managing Director, APIIC.

    The Member Service is placed in full additional charge of the post of Commissioner of Industries and also placed in full additional charge of the post of C.E.O., A.P. Mari Time Board. S. Satyanarayana, Managing Director, A.P. Skills Development Corporation is transferred and posted as Commissioner, Endowments.

    The Member of Service is placed in full additional charge of the post of Secretary to Government (Endowments), Revenue Department duly relieving Dr. M. Hari Jawaharlal, IAS from full Additional Charge. P. Basanth Kumar, IAS (2006), Collector & District Magistrate, Sri Satya Sai District is transferred and posted as Managing Director, A.P. Swatchh Andhra Corporation vice P. Sampath Kumar, IAS (2016) transferred.

    13) Smt A. Surya Kumari, Collector & District Magistrate, Vizianagaram District is transferred and posted as Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development.

    P.Koteswara Rao, IAS (2009), Collector & District Magistrate, Kurnool district is transferred and posted as Commissioner & Director, Municipal Administration. K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu, Collector & District Magistrate, SPS Nellore District is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of Energy Department for posting him as Managing Director, APGENCO. The Member of Service is placed in full additional charge of the post of Joint Managing Director, APTRANSCO, until further orders.

    M. Hari Narayan, IAS (2011), Collector & district Magistrate, Chittoor District is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, SPS Nellore District.

    S. Naga Lakshmi, Collector & District Magistrate, Ananthapuramu District is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Vizianagaram District. N. Prabhakar Reddy, IAS (2013), who is waiting for posting is posted as Joint Secretary, O/O CCLA Sagili Shan Mohan, Director, VSWS, M.D, APSCL & CEO, APMB is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Chittoor District Smt S. Srijana, Director, Industries is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Kurnool district.

    Smt Vijaya K, IAS (2013), Collector & District Magistrate, Bapatla District is transferred and posted as Director, Social Welfare. P. Ranjit Basha, IAS (2013), Collector & District Magistrate, Krishna District is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Bapatla District

    The services of Sri P. Raja Babu, Commissioner, GVMC are withdrawn from MA & UD Department and he is posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Krishna District. G. Christ Kishore Kumar, Director, Minorities Welfare is transferred and he is directed to report to Government in General Administration Department, for further posting. P. Arun Babu, IAS ( 2014), Joint collector & Additional District Magistrate, Eluru District is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Sri Satya Sai District.

  • Engineer burnt alive in car in Andhra Pradesh

    Engineer burnt alive in car in Andhra Pradesh

    Tirupati (IANS)| A software engineer was allegedly burnt alive in his car by unidentified people in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district. According to information, the charred body of Nagaraju (36) was found in a burnt car near Gangudu Palle village on Naidupeta-Puthalpattu road. On Sunday morning, after being informed by the local people, the police reached the spot and identified the deceased on the basis of the registration number of the car.

    Police suspect that Nagaraju, who works in a leading IT company in Bengaluru, was murdered in the middle of the night and the accused tried to make it look like an accident by pushing the car into a ditch.

    Nagaraju was a resident of Brahmanapalli village and is survived by wife and two children.

    The police have registered a case and started searching for the killers. Police suspect that a woman, with whom her younger brother Purushottam allegedly had an extramarital affair, was killed by her relatives.

    Due to the extramarital affair of Purushottam and a woman from the same village, there were frequent fights between the two families. On Saturday night, the family members of the woman took Nagaraju to discuss the matter with them. They allegedly thrashed him and tied his hands and legs, locked him in a car and set it on fire.

    The victim’s chain, shoes and other belongings were found near the burnt car. Police gathered clues from the spot.

    –IANS

  • Dharmendra Pradhan warns, Andhra Pradesh cannot forcefully enter quota

    Dharmendra Pradhan warns, Andhra Pradesh cannot forcefully enter quota

    Koraput: Neighbouring Andhra Pradesh cannot enter the disputed Kotia area of Koraput district in Odisha, warned Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

    During his one visit to Kotia, Pradhan celebrated the Utkala Dibasa with the locals of Kotia. On this occasion, while addressing the people, he said that the entire 28 villages of Kotia Grama Panchayat are of Odisha. He also asked the Andhra Pradesh Police to leave the border of Odisha.

    “Why you all are here? The Kotia Panchayat is of Odisha. Please go back. Go back Andhra,” Pradhan said to the officials of the neighbouring state. He then raised the ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ slogan.

    Pradhan also discussed about the border dispute and other issues with the locals during his visit.

  • Margadarsi auditor held for flouting rules in Andhra Pradesh

    Margadarsi auditor held for flouting rules in Andhra Pradesh

    VIJAYAWADA: In a major development in the probe into the alleged Margadarsi Chit Fund Pvt Ltd (MCFPL) scam, the APCID arrested a chartered accountant for allegedly ‘abandoning due diligence and due process’ in certifying the annual financial statements of MCFPL.

    The accused Kudaravalli Shravan was sent to 14-day judicial remand on Thursday. According to APCID chief N Sanjay, it was also found that principles of auditing were conveniently ignored at various levels by Shravan, especially when it comes to financial statements of bank balances—both current and fixed deposits.

    “The auditor could not confirm balances in banks. Confronted with the confirmations obtained from banks by CID, the auditor could not explain the balances of fixed deposits shown on the balance sheet inflated by a few hundred of crores,’’ Sanjay said.

    “Shravan confessed to certifying the annual financial statements of MCFPL by not following the due process of verification of the branch-level financial statements or bank statements,” he added. “This casts a shadow on the annual reports, including the cash reserves, submitted by MCFPL to the Registrar of Chits,” the CID alleged.

    Police also seized Shravan’s laptop and a volume of records from his possession. The 44-year-old accused is the official partner in Brahmayya & Co chartered accountancy firm, the CID said. It may be recalled that CID had registered seven FIRs under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 477(A) read with 34 (falsification of accounts) of IPC, Section 5 of Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 1999 and Section 76, 79 of Chit Funds Act,1982 based on complaints received from assistant registrars of various districts.

    The CID found that MCFPL committed various financial irregularities such as non-payment of monthly subscriptions, diversion of funds to mutual funds, depositing future subscription amount to a second bank account, which is a violation of section 22 of the Chit Funds Act and non-disclosure of revenue and expenditure account and statement of assets and liabilities and details of investment as per rule 28 (read with Section 24 of the Chit Fund Act).