The Minister for Technical Education, N. Narasimha Reddy, addressing the Praja Patham meeting in Cuddapah on Thursday.

Review meeting held on Praja Patham programme

A REVIEW: The Minister for Technical Education, N. Narasimha Reddy, addressing the Praja Patham meeting in Cuddapah on Thursday.

CUDDAPAH: A majority of beneficiaries prefer individual pucca houses to colonies of multi-storeyed complexes, said MLAs at a review meeting of the month-long Praja Patham held here on Thursday.

Representations seeking house sites, ration cards and sanction of pucca houses were abound while mitigation of drinking water scarcity and power supply problems, roads, pensions, additional classrooms, own buildings for schools, anganwadi centres and health sub-centres were common in 11 constituencies in the district.

`No dearth of funds'

Praja Patham succeeded with people's cooperation in the State, contrary to fears of public outcry due to scorching summer and drought conditions, the Minister for Technical Education, Nayini Narasimha Reddy, said. There was no dearth of funds to mitigate drinking water scarcity and National Food For Work programme to avert migration from villages. Huge funds were needed to meet people's aspirations and works would be done on priority, he said.

A sum of Rs. 2 crores was available to tackle drinking water scarcity and sanction of Rs. 25 lakhs each from MLAs' constituency funds would provide an additional Rs. 2.75 crores, the Collector, Jayesh Ranjan, said.

Power transformers

The district was sanctioned Rs. 32 crores under NFFWP this year, double over last year, he said. One thousand electric transformers were sanctioned for the district, he said and urged the Transco SE, K. Rami Reddy, to expedite works, particularly in Rayachoti and Lakkireddipalle constituencies.

High Voltage Distribution Systems (HVDC) would be installed in 36 sub-stations in the district by June-July, Mr. Rami Reddy said. The Proddatur MLA, N. Varadarajulu Reddy, sought greater funds for school buildings, as many remained incomplete as sanctioned funds were insufficient.

Besides MLAs, the Joint Collector, Kanthilal Dande, the additional SP, M. Lakshmi Reddy, and officials of all departments participated in the programme.

TRS leader Nayini Narsimha Reddy supports Kishan Reddy on hunger strike for demanding supply of cooking gas and kerosene.

MORAL SUPPORT: TRS leader Nayini Narsimha Reddy and BJP State president Bandaru Dattatreya with Kishan Reddy, BJP MLA, on Thursday. — PHOTO: Satish. H

HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA Naini Narasimha Reddy on Thursday called on BJP MLA G. Kishan Reddy who is staging a hunger strike at the city office of the BJP at Barkatpura demanding increase in kerosene quota for white cardholders.

Expressing his sympathy with Mr. Kishan Reddy, the TRS legislator appealed to him to call off the agitation, as the State Government was insensitive to public issues. Telugu Desam MLA E. Dayakar Rao also called on the fasting leader.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kishan Reddy has urged Speaker K.R.Suresh Reddy to order an inquiry into the manner in which he was evicted from the Assembly premises by officials when he sat on a hunger strike near the Mahatma Gandhi statue on April 9. In a letter to the Speaker, he said that he sat on the hunger strike to impress on the Government the need to take a decision on the kerosene issue and protest against its `callousness'.

A resident of Jawaharnagar narrates his tale of woes regarding drinking water to the Technical Education Minister Nayini Narsimha Reddy.

A resident of Jawaharnagar narrates his tale of woes regarding drinking water to the Technical Education Minister Nayini Narsimha Reddy.

Shri Nayini Narasimha Reddy, TRS Leader, Musheerabad Constituency.