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Mayor donates Rs.15,000 to govt. school

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The Hindu       11.02.2016 

Mayor donates Rs.15,000 to govt. school

Karimnagar Mayor S Ravinder Singh donated Rs.15,000 to the Government High School at Sapthagiri Colony in Karimnagar town on Tuesday for providing evening snacks to the SSC students attending special classes for the ensuing examinations.

The Mayor visited the school and participated in the community lunch along with the students and expressed satisfaction over the quality of food being served to the students. Following a plea from the school management for providing some assistance to provide some snacks to the SSC students attending for the evening classes till late hours, the Mayor responded instantly and donated a cheque for Rs 15,000.

On this occasion, he called upon the students to work hard and bring reputation to their school and parents by excelling in the ensuing SSC examinations. He informed the students not to feel inferior to their private counterparts and reminded that he too studied in a government school. He also promised to construct a vermi-compost for proper disposal of the garbage and also a water harvesting structure to store rain water on the school premises. He also promised to donate broom-sticks and other sanitation material for the school.

School headmistress G Pramoda thanked the Mayor on the occasion.

Money is to be spent on providing evening snacks to students preparing for SSC exam

 

Hyderabad to get its usual water supply this summer

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The Hindu         11.02.2016 

Hyderabad to get its usual water supply this summer

Recently commissioned Krishna Phase III and Godavari Phase – I projects come to the rescue of denizes

Citizens can heave a sigh of relief this summer, as water supply to the city will not be hit this year thanks to the recently commissioned Krishna phase-3 and Godavari phase-1 projects. The two sources have made up for the loss of about 150 million gallons per day (MGD) of water supply after the Manjeera, Himayatsagar and Osmansagar sources went dry about two months ago.

At present, Hyderabad is receiving a total of about 258 MGD from the Krishna Phase-1, Phase-2 and Phase-3 projects, and another 86 MGD from the Godavari Phase-1 project. Another 7.5 MGD is also being supplied from the Himayatsagar and Osmansagar lakes. It may be recalled that the Singur and Manjeera sources went dry early in December.

“The water supply will not drop, and we will continue to supply the same amount till the next monsoon,” said Rameshwar Rao, Director (operations), Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB). Before the Godavari Phase-1 and Krishna Phase-3 projects were active, the city was receiving 340 MGD of water everyday, from the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar (40 MGD) lakes, Krishna phase 1 and 2 (180 MGD), and Manjeera phase 1 to 4 projects (120 MGD).

 

17 urban health centres get new agencies

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The Hindu       11.02.2016

17 urban health centres get new agencies

The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) allotted 17 Urban Health Centres (UHC) to new agencies on Wednesday.

In a meeting held on Wednesday, VMC Chief Medical and Health Officer M. Gopi Naik explained the modalities of running the UHC. They have to follow the guidelines evolved by an expert committee under the aegis of Municipal Commissioner G. Veerapandian.

The Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) of previous agencies were cancelled due to their failure in catering the public health requirements properly.

A total of 18 fresh applications were received and 17 were allotted through a lottery on Wednesday, Mr. Naik said and added that the new agencies have to take over the management of UHC in a couple of days.

Additional CMHOs Iqbal Hussain and Babu Srinivas were among those present.

 


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