Live
- Eid ul-Adha 2024: Dates and Global Celebrations
- Health Ministry reviews States/UTs preparedness to tackle heatwave, hospital fire
- Suvendu Adhikari invited to BJP meeting in Delhi
- Fintech startup Simple lays off 30 employees in another round of job cuts
- Google announces 2nd edition of GNI Indian Languages Programme
- Kalava And Sathya Kumar, Ministerial Candidates
- India’s economic fundamentals, growth prospects remain encouraging: Analysts
- AP CS goes on leave. New CS by evening likely
- Record win for Cong; BRS lags, BJP betters prospects
- Jr NTR congratulates Naidu, Balakrishna
Just In
Visakhapatnam: Botcha assures all steps to overcome sand crisis
Says sand could not be extracted from reaches in Srikakulam dist due to flood situation.
Speaks to Mines and Geology Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy and senior officials to make available sand to contractors working on government-related constructions
Visakhapatnam: Minister for municipal administration and urban development Botcha Satyanarayana said the sand crisis will be overcome at the earliest by the state government.
At a meeting held at the circuit house here on Wednesday along with tourism minister M Srinivasa Rao, he reviewed the sand availability and distribution system in place.
He said that the sand reaches in Srirkakulam district could not be reached due to flood situation and hence alternative arrangement would be made soon. "The government's new policy, climatic conditions and the loopholes in the government machinery had hindered the process of sand reaching to the contractors at the required time. There is a need for 7 lakh cubic metre sand for the contractors in the district every month, apart from 12 lakh cubic metre sand required to meet the other requirements every year.
He also spoke to minister for mines and geology Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy and other senior officials to make available sand to contractors working on government-related constructions as per their requirement.
Speaking on the occasion, tourism minister M Srinivasa Rao said the condition would improve by Deepavali as sand availability in the depot will be ensured based on the requirement in each district. Apart from the existing depots in the district, he said Nakkapalli, Narsipatnam and Chodavaram will have depots soon, he informed.
Visakhapatnam MP M V V Satyanarayana explained the challenges faced by the construction industries as well as contractors and builders due to sand shortage.
Meanwhile, Botcha along with the tourism minister handed over a cheque for Rs 10 lakh to a relative of the victim M Ramana Babu who lost his life and his family members in the recent boat accident occurred near Devipatnam mandal of East Godavari district. This is the second cheque B. Lakshmi received after the initial payment of Rs.20 lakh.
© 2024 Hyderabad Media House Limited/The Hans India. All rights reserved. Powered by hocalwire.com