A Commendable Initiative For the Public

 A team of philanthropists named "Mee kosam Memunnaamu" , belonged to the place of Cherla  set an example for the cause of Service by providing food to the needy people every Sunday. Today's program is in line of 93rd week. The people who come to the weekly fair and others are seen queued up to utilize this service and which has been going on without any hassle with the support of like minded good samaritans. Each week is sponsored by a donor , on the occasion of some special celebration, be it a wedding anniversary or a birthday bash or something else. This week is donated by Munagala Krishna and Kavitha Rani of Nagarjuna sagar , on the occasion of their wedding anniversary.

This weekly food donation program gained momentum in course of time. And it brought a special recognition for the place with its non stop activity as there has been no dearth for helping hands to support with every possible effort. Chairman of the organization Lion Neeli Prakash said that we should all share something with fellow beings from what we have, on the auspicious occasions of our lives. And it's an obvious example for the same.

Vice-Sarpanch  Siripuram Shiva, Javvadi Sathish, Doddi Thatha Rao, Suri babu, Ramana Rao, Dodda Prabhudas, Marla Prasad, Karnati Madhu,  Neeli Simhachalam, Tandavarayudu, Gommugudem Chary, Sollangi Nageswar Rao,Komari Srinivasa Rao, Paritala Rama mastar, Bhadram, Potluru Nehru, Marla Raja and others participated in the event.

--- Murthy

#Philanthropist#Food#Donation#weekly

How Come A Place Named after so...

 It's quite common every street has a name and sometimes the names of the streets evoke emotional backdrop when they have been named after something unique. Bhadrachalam , the temple town too has a place which throws a quizzical challenge with almost it's obscure name that one can, probably, never come across anywhere else. That's Thatha Gudi Center. Yes, you heard it right. It's  one of the oldest streets in the town. Everybody calls it as Thatha Gudi center. if we get it translated in to English which is roughly meant by Grand father temple center. Here is a temple of Lord Anjaneya in the midst of the center. But it doesn't have any connection with the name of the street.

And of course, we would behold a holy construction behind it and which is the temple of Sri Varadaraja Swamy. Some senior citizens opined that the street's named after the latter deity. It's clueless whether  Varadaraja Swamy has any other name like Thatha (Grand father) to get this center named as Thatha Gudi center. However, very few people seldom thought of it though they would go by and by on their own works over the place.  Once upon a time, this center was most prominent one with unending festivities, be it Sri Krishnashtami, Sankranthi, Sri Rama Navami and what not. Adults and children would gather here to wish each other. Lots of revelry and gala time. It is all a past thing now.

Up to mid eighties, some banks were around here and exactly to say, a few yards away where we find a medical shop at present. With passing time, Church street housed almost all banks and which turned a busy place ever. Transformation is unstoppable. Now Thatha Gudi center has it's own importance but not the sheen of yesteryears. Then we have had Atmaram book stall around here and it was synonymous to allrounder in stationary materials. Here we have some age old Arya Vyasya hotels with glorious past in serving lip smacking items. 

--- Murthy

#Street #Name #Strange #Awesome #Old

Allotment of Liquor Shops Was Done

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka said that the process of allotment of liquor shops was done in a transparent manner through lottery.  

The Collector participated in the lottery process conducted for the allotment of 88 shops under the auspices of the District Excise Department at Bhadradri Auditorium in Zen colony, today. On this occasion, the Collector said that as per the guidelines of the State Government, Excise department has taken applications for setting up liquor shops from 4th August to 18th.    

                     She said that 5057 people have applied for 88 liquor shops across the district. She said that the lottery process in the presence of the applicants was done with utmost security and the process was videotaped. LED TV has been installed so that the applicants can watch. She said that passes have been issued in advance to control the crowd so that no untoward incident took place, expressed happiness that the lottery process was conducted in a very transparent manner in a calm environment amid tight security. 

Additional Collector Rambabu, Excise Deputy Commissioner Janardhan Reddy, District Excise Officer Janaiah, Excise CIs, SIs  and others participated in this program.

#Allotment#Liquor shops

Crime Review Meeting

 SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS held a crime review meeting with the district police officers in the conference hall of the district SP office today. On this occasion, the SP said that all the police officers should perform their duties responsibly so that the criminals are punished and the accused are brought to justice. He inquired about the details of the cases. He said that visible policing should be continuously available to the public as part of maintaining peace. He suggested that strict action should be taken against the people who engage in illegal activities that cause trouble to the general public. 

Special surveillance should be established and legal action should be taken against people who engage in unsocial activities like ganja transportation, matka and betting. It is suggested that special surveillance should be established on people who commit organized crimes and action should be taken against them in advance. Awareness programs should be organized across the district about the need of She Teams. They asked to increase the trust more. The police officers and staff who showed excellence in their duties were handed over certificates of appreciation. Certificates of appreciation were handed over to the police officers and staff who showed merit in their vertical-wise duties. 

Bhadrachalam ASP Pankaj Paritosh IPS, DSPs Venkatesh, Ramana Murthy, Raghavendra Rao, Rahman, Mallaya Swamy and CIs, SIs and staff of the district participated in this meeting.

#Crime#Review#Meeting

Freedom is a result of many sacrifices : SP Dr. Vineet

In celebration of the 77th Independence Day, District SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS unveiled the national flag at the SP office today. Speaking on the occasion, the SP said that the country got freedom because of the sacrifice of many  precious lives. He said that independence was achieved after tireless struggles. Many people sacrificed their lives in the history of freedom struggle and it is our responsibility to inform future generations about their sacrifices. He informed that the staff are performing their duties responsibly and are providing services with integrity and honesty. Everyone is requested to be a partner in helping the dreams of the warriors who laid down their lives to achieve freedom for our country.

Additional SP (Operations) T. Sai Manohar, AR Additional SP Vijay Babu, Bhadrachalam ASP Pankaj Parithosh IPS, Palvancha DSP Venkatesh, Kothagudem DSP Rahman, Manguru DSP Raghavendra RaoIllendu DSP Ramana Murthy , DCRB DSP Mallaya swamy, CI Venkateswarlu, AO Jayaraju, SB Inspectors Nagaraju, Raju varma, Police officers union president Srinivasa Rao and other staff participated in the event.

The Police extended the welfare programs in the remote tribal pockets

District SP Dr.Vineet.G who toured extensively in Charla and Dummugudem mandals, yesterday and on behalf of the  Police Department SP started the development programs in remote tribal villages, the aim of the police is to provide minimum facilities to the migrant tribal people said SP Dr.Vineeth.

 Additional SP Operations T. Sai Manohar, Bhadrachalam ASP Paritosh Pankaj IPS participated in this program along with SP. Earlier, SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS started a free mega medical camp organized by Charla police at Burugupadu, a Gutti Koya village in Charla mandal.  Medical examinations were conducted for children and old people and all they belonged to 50 families.. Medical examinations were conducted by a special medical team from Bhadrachalam and Charla.

 Volleyball kits were given to the youth of the village. Later, when floods occurred in the middle of the Charla to Pusuguppa road, the roads were washed away and people's traffic was disrupted. 04 bridges are to be  constructed on this road with central government funds and SP inaugurated concerned works. He said that henceforth the people of Pusuguppa will not face any difficulty in reaching Charla. He laid the foundation stone for the construction of the protection wall at the Unjupalli CRPF camp.    

 After that, they handed over a Ganuga oil mill equipment purchased at a cost of Rs.3,20,000/- to the villagers of Unjupalli. A land survey was conducted with the authorities to construct a sports complex for the youth of the mandal in Charla Lenin Colony. The newly constructed sports complex in Dummugudem mandal was inspected and several suggestions were made to the officials there. Speaking about these programs, the SP said that the district police department is constantly working for the welfare of the migrant adivasis in the district. 

Charla CI Rajagopal, Dummugudem CI Ramesh, CIs Ashok, Raju Verma, SIs TVR Suri, Narsireddy, Keshav and other staff members participated in these programs.

Mission Indradhanusu

 

District Collector Dr. Priyanka launched the Mission Indradhansu program at Indiranagar Primary Medical Center of Palvancha Mandal on Monday. Mission Indra Dhanush advised everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated. 

The collector said that the Mission Indra Dhanusu program will be organized from today to the 12th in all the primary health centers of the district. According to the National Immunization Program schedule, unvaccinated children between 0 to 5 years of age and pregnant women have been identified, and the unvaccinated children and pregnant women will be vaccinated in special sessions organized as part of the Mission Indra Dhanusu programme.

Streams are overflowing

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala has directed the authorities to move the people of the low-lying areas to the rehabilitation centers as nearly two lakh cusecs of water is being released downstream from the Taliperu project. The District Collector ordered the authorities to continuously monitor the villages in the flooded area as heavy flood water is entering the project. He said that the flow of traffic should be controlled as the flood water has reached the road from Bhadrachalam to Charla at Satyanarayanapuram and R. Kothagudem.

 They said that barricading should be done along with danger warning boards to prevent people from being transported. People are told not to come out of their houses as it is raining incessantly. Farmers are advised not to go for agricultural work as the streams are overflowing and people should also take precautions not to try to cross. Fishermen are told not to go fishing. She said that the cattle should be kept at home without being allowed to graze outside, and the cattle should be moved to higher areas in case of flood. People are told to call control room numbers for emergency services. She said that the authorities should be available in the working positions.

Flood Areas Inspected by Puvvada Ajay Kumar

 In the wake of the Godavari floods, Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar inspected the flood situation from the top of Bhadrachalam Bridge on Friday. Later, a review was conducted with the district officials under the supervision of District Collector Priyanka at Bhadrachalam Sub Collector's office. 

He said that the victims of the Godavari flood areas should be immediately identified and shifted to the rehabilitation centers in advance, and the people of the low-lying areas should be alert to avoid being inundated due to the flood.  Due to the incessant rains, the Godavari is overflowing along with the rivulets and bends, people have been asked to control the flow of traffic, barricades have been set up at the inland roads and danger warnings have been issued and this situation should continue for the next two months.

 It has been suggested that people should take measures to prevent people from wandering in the Godavari flow areas and inform people not to come out of their homes unless it is an emergency. It is dangerous to go out especially at night and people are advised to stay inside their homes.  He said that the services of NDRF teams must be utilized for emergency services and rescue teams under the management of industries in the district should be made available. 

At present, even though the water level is decreasing, the authorities should be ready in all situations so that they do not rest, all the projects have become like a full pot, and the water released from any project reaches the Godavari.Here too, the authorities have been asked to coordinate and take preemptive measures to avoid loss of life and property. On this occasion, Minister Puvvada gave instructions to Special Officers Krishna Aditya, Gautam Potru, District Collector Priyanka and IG Chandra Shekhar Reddy. 

Additional rehabilitation centers should be kept ready and the people of flood-prone areas should be ready to move to the rehabilitation centers. It is suggested that medical camps should be set up to provide medical services in the rehabilitation centers and also continuous sanitation programs should be undertaken continuously.  SE has been directed to take action without power interruption. He wanted to supply safe fresh water to the people and provide quality food in the rehabilitation centers as was done last year.

And to prepare a total of three helipads to help people by helicopter in emergency situations and make appropriate arrangements for that. He said that he would stay here and supervise at the field level, and the officials asked them to do the work assigned to them. Later, he inspected the water level at Godavari Karakatta and spoke to the media. 

Special Flood Officers Krishna Aditya, Gautham Potru, District Collector Priyanka, SP Vineeth, ITDA PO Prateek Jain, Additional Collector Venkateshwarlu, ASP Paritosh Pankaj, all district officials participated in the review.

Be Vigilant of heavy Rains

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka has ordered the officials to be alert in the background of heavy rain forecast. She said that the Hyderabad Meteorological Center has warned that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in the district for the next three days. 

The Collector advised people not to come out of their houses unless it is urgent in view of heavy rain warnings. The Collector advised the people to call the control room number 08744-241950 set up in the Collectorate for the needy in case of any emergency and will be working 24 hours. She made it clear that the government administration from the village level to the district level should be vigilant. They said that there is a danger that the rivulets and bends may overflow due to rains, so do not try to cross them. The people of the low-lying areas have been told to be vigilant.

Dr. Priyanka Ala takes charge as New Collector

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka said that she is very happy to get the opportunity to perform duties as a district collector in a district where tribals live a lot. On Saturday, she signed the first signature in her chamber at IODC at 4.23 pm and took charge as the new collector. On this occasion, Additional Collector Venkateswarlu and District Officers of all departments offered flowers and congratulated her. After that, an introductory program was held with the district officials in the collector's chamber. On this occasion, the collector said that she was very happy to get the opportunity to work as a collector in a big district like Bhadradri Kothagudem and to provide services to the people by coordinating everyone according to the priorities and goals of the government. 

She said that she was born and brought up in Telangana and she is happy to work as a collector in our state. She reminisced that she had come to this area with his friends during her school days and had a comprehensive understanding of the area. After studying medicine,  joined the civil service to serve the people. She obtained her civils in 2016 and served as Additional Commissioner in Bhuvanagiri and GHMC Hyderabad. Later, the collector visited the camp office. Additional Collector Venkateshwarlu, District Officers of all departments and others participated in this program. 

Coming to biodata, Dr.Priyanka Ala was born on Jan 6, 1987 and her schooling has taken place in Johnson Grammar school (JGS), Habsiguda, Hyderabad. Obtained her medical degree (MBBS) from MGIMS (Maharashtra) She belonged to 2016 batch (Telangana cadre) of IAS. Her husband Dr. Manipal Kumar Puvvala is a surgeon with Gandhi hospital, Hyderabad. She has two kids (Myra, Elder daughter and Kiyaan, Youngest son). Earlier She worked as Assistant Collector for Bhongir Yadadri district , additional commissioner for GHMC and Zonal commissioner, Serlingampally  zone.

Felicitation to the DFO

 District Collector Anudeep said that the distribution program of podu pattas has been completed as per the survey to all the eligible tribals.

ITDA Project Officer Gautam Potru along with District SP Vineeth and DFO Ranjit Naik participated in the Forest Protection Committee meeting held at IDOC conference hall on Thursday. Speaking on this occasion, he said that the deserving tribals have been distributed the podu pattas, and he warned that strict action will be taken if the plantation plants and new forests are cut down. He said that the government has been very ambitious and transparent in the waste land program and distribution of waste tracks have been done after the survey. In some mandals, the concerned police officers said that the tasildars should conduct counseling in coordination with the village sarpanchs with the coordination of the forest staff, as people are still preventing them from setting up plantations in the case of forest lands.

 He said that the problem should be solved in the village itself. He said that the distribution was done  by the committee in the DLC meeting after conducting gram sabhas in each village and selecting the eligible tribals. He said that such people should bring the problem to the notice of the concerned tehsildars so as not to create obstacles to the forest plantations. If necessary, survey the lands within the forest area and organize a meeting at the mandal level and MRO, MPDO, police and forest officials should ensure that the problem does not get complicated and save the forest with the cooperation of all.

      Later, the transferred DFO Ranjit Naik was felicitated by District Collector, SP, ITDA PO, JC, ASP.         Officials of Forest, Police, Revenue and various other departments participated in this program.

Prof. Jayashankar's death anniversary

 

 On the occasion of Prof. Jayashankar's 12th death anniversary, in District Library, floral tributes were paid to Prof. Jayashankar's portrait. On this occasion, librarian said that Prof. Jayashankar, who had many dreams for Telangana Sadhana, sacrificed his life for Telangana  and led a celibate life and finally died without seeing Telangana. Later, silence was observed for two minutes in the library to rest the soul of Ananta Reddy, who died due to illness after serving as the ruler of the book. In this program, the librarian Varalakshmi Devi, G. Mani Mridula, library staff, students, students and readers participated.

PRTU Honored The Doctorate Awardee

 Congratulating Nampalli Madhusudana Rao who got his doctorate degree, mandal resource person AJ Prabhakar said that he also provided his services in the mandal academic team and gave good suggestions to the teachers. On behalf of the PRTU mandal unit, a meeting was held to honor Madhusudan Rao in the MPUPS Seetharama puram, on Thursday.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of State Vice President K. Dasham Babu. Teacher Raju said that it is a great thing that Madhusudan Rao, who came from Dummugudem mandal, got his doctorate in Hindi subject. K. Dasham Babu said that even in colleges these days, there are rarely people who have done doctorate.

Y.Srinivas congratulated the PRTU office bearers for their swift action in honoring the teacher who obtained doctorate. Mandal president and secretary Varaprasad and Hastings praised the efforts of Madhusudan Rao. Rao expressed his gratitude to all  P.R.T.U. members to honor him for his achievement. SK Jani, KVS Murthy,Siva, Sridhar, veera prasad,Lakshman, Venkata Ramulu  and others have spoken in this meeting. 

Ex - servicemen exempted

 District Collector Anudeep said that ex-servicemen should be exempted from house tax payments. District Military Board meeting was held at IDOC office on Wednesday. The Panchayat and Municipality Commissioners have been advised to take steps to exempt the house tax payments to ex-servicemen living under the jurisdiction of the municipality and gram panchayat, similarly to the servicemen who are on duty.

He also said that steps will be taken to implement the reservations prescribed by the government for appointing ex-servicemen as security guards in private institutions like KTPS, BTPS, BPL, Singareni, Gurukula Schools etc. District Military Welfare Officer Sriram, DPO Ramakanth, Medical Officer Dr. Sirisha, DPRO Srinivas, Tippana Siddulu and others participated in this meeting.

Ph. D awarded to Mr. N. Madhusudan Rao

 Mr. N. Madhusudan Rao who has been working as a school assistant of Hindi was awarded a Ph.D from  Osmania University, Hyderabad. At present , he is working at SNAM ZP High school, Narsapuram. His thesis titled  "Anteem Da Dashak ki Hindi Kahaniyan mein samajvadi yadardavadi" was guided by Dr. Rekha Sharma, Rtd. Principal of VV College, Hyderabad. All Staff members and well wishers expressed their joy and congratulated him on this auspicious occasion. Rao's elder son completed his mechanical engineering and testing waters in the twinkle world while his younger son is pursuing engineering at present. He has done his M.Phil from Kakatiya University and  "Bhadradri Incredible" keeps wishing more laurels in his way ahead.

Rich Tributes to The Great Devotee

 Yesterday, The ritual of  Seva Yatra was held in Bhadrachalam in honor of Pokala Dammakka. She was a great devotee of Sri Seeta Ramachandra swamy. All this program has been conducted under the leadership of the tribals. It had been performing right from 2013. Priests worshiped the Dammakka statue in the temple premises as well as the statue near the tourism hotel. People came from different villages by special buses. Kolatams and dances were performed. Flowers and fruits were offered. Nagara sankirtana was performed with Ramadasa's kirtanas. Nitya Kalyanam celebrations and special pujas were held in great splendor on this occasion. 

Arrangements For Distribution of Podu Pattas

 District Collector Anudeep said that all arrangements have been made for the distribution of podu pattas in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. He inspected the arrangements at Suguna Gardens in Palvancha mandal on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said that State Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, State Finance and Health Minister Harish Rao and Parliament, Legislative Council and legislators of the district will participate in the distribution program of the podu pattas on 30th. He said that the program of distribution of podu pattas will be held on Friday to a total of 2500 beneficiaries at the rate of 500 per constituency. He said that 50 thousand 595 beneficiaries of the district are being distributed podu rails. 

He explained that the distribution program will be done to the beneficiaries from the villages under all the constituencies. He said that special officers have been appointed to supervise the arrangements regarding the distribution of the rails. He said that the beneficiaries who are going to take the diplomas should be mobilized from the village level. The officials were directed to make a proper plan to move the beneficiaries. MPOs, MPDOs and Tehsildars have said to mobilize the beneficiaries who are going to take Podu Pattas from the villages under the constituency. Sarpanchs, MPTCs, ZPTCs, MPPs of respective villages

The ZP CEO has been advised to take steps to ensure that the secretaries, sarpanchs, MPTCs, ZPTCs, MPPs of respective villages  are present. The garden officer was advised to beautify the premises. He said that orderly procedure should be followed in the issuance of tickets, strict measures should be taken without crowding and police arrangements are being made. They said that LED TVs should be installed in the hall. Podu Patta distribution counters should be set up. 

He said that along with setting up barricading to enable the beneficiaries to follow the queue, mandal counters and signages should be set up by the constituencies . The MPDOs were instructed to prepare a list of beneficiaries who are going to take degrees in each constituency. 

He said that strict measures should be taken to control crowding at meals. A helicopter should be installed in the IDOC office, suggested to the authorities.

Additional Collector Venkateshwarlu, DRDO Madhusudan Raju, Parks Officer Jinugu Marianna, ZP CEO Vidyalatha, DPO Ramakanth, DCO Venkateshwarlu, Minority Welfare Officer Sanjeeva Rao, R&B DE Nageswara Rao, Municipal Commissioner Srikanth, DRO Ashok Chakravarty, AO Ganya, Palvancha Thasildar Ranga prasad and others were present in this meeting. 

#All India Financial literacy Quiz

 To increase knowledge and awareness about the financial literacy like basics of saving, investment, income, expenditure, banking functions, SEBI etc., among the children, RBI has been conducting quiz programs. In the part of it, an event of quiz conducted in SNAM ZPHS, Narsapuram with the participation of students came from the mandals of Bhadrachalam, Dummugudem, and Cherla. K.Pranadeep and Koushik Reddy stood as winners and they are to go to district level competitions.  

Sense of saving money is to be inculcated right from the childhood said Subba Rao, SBI bank manger. Head master KVK Kantha Rao gave away the prizes to the winners. Venkatesh (Financial literacy team counsellor ) K.Shankar (FAC HM) and care taker teachers J. Padma, B. Aruna and others also participated.

#Preparations for Group Four examination

District Collector Anudeep said that all arrangements should be made for the conduct of the Group Four examination to be held on July 1. On Monday, a meeting was held at the IDOC office with the officials of Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Municipal, Medical, Electricity and other departments regarding the conduct of Group Four examination. Speaking on the occasion, he said that 77 centers have been set up in the district to conduct the examination.  

From 10.30 am to 

12.30 pm and back in the afternoon

He said that the examination will be conducted from 2.30 pm to 5 pm. Candidates writing the exam should reach the examination center between 8 am and 9:45 am and 2:15 pm for Paper 2 which will be held in the afternoon. He said the gates will be closed at 9:45 am and also after 2:15 pm. After that they said that even if it is a minute late, it is not allowed. Candidates appearing for the exam must bring any government identity card along with the hall ticket, he said. Similarly, after the completion of the exam, you must put your left hand finger print in your nominal rose, he added.

He asked the candidates appearing for the Group 4 examination to note this. He said that fresh water and emergency medical centers should be established in the examination centers. He said that there should be continuous supply without interruption of electricity. He said that sanitation programs should be carried out in the examination centers. He said that section 144 will be imposed near the examination centers. Said to close the nearby Xerox centers. He stated that liaison, squad and route officers will be appointed to conduct the examination.