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The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly connected Friday witnessed a bid of important discussions during the Question Hour, with Ministers providing elaborate updates connected drinking h2o projects, employment successful nationalist assemblage undertakings, and societal payment reforms.
Municipal Administration Minister Narayana informed the House that nether AMRUT 1.0, works worthy ₹33.53 crore person been taken up for the Guntur Municipal Corporation’s Gorantla h2o tank. Nearly 90% of the works were complete, and the task is expected to beryllium afloat operational by December 31. For the villages merged with Guntur corporation, proposals worthy ₹331.1 crore person been submitted nether AMRUT 2.0 to fortify the drinking h2o supply.
In Tanuku, ₹38 crore has been sanctioned for a h2o grid task and different ₹80.11 crore for different infrastructure development. The authorities has besides planned a h2o grid proviso nether AMRUT 2.0 for Tanuku, Nidadavolu, Palakollu, Narasapuram, Bhimavaram, and Akiveedu municipalities astatine a full outgo of ₹420 crore, with each works scheduled for completion by December 2027, helium added.
Quota successful PSUs
Responding to a question raised by MLA Giddi Satyanarayana, BC Welfare Minister J. Janardhan Reddy clarified that determination is nary connection to reserve jobs for locals successful nationalist assemblage undertakings specified arsenic ONGC and GAIL, since recruitment successful these cardinal PSUs is conducted connected an all-India basis. He explained that astatine the Tatipaka portion successful P. Gannavaram constituency, six retired of 7 regular GAIL employees are from Andhra Pradesh, and each 67 outsourced declaration workers are besides locals. At the ONGC Tatipaka complex, 41 of the 65 regular employees are from Andhra Pradesh, portion 135 of the 144 declaration and outsourced unit beryllium to the State. In ONGC’s Rajahmundry plus section, retired of 1,800 outsourced workers, 1,600 are from Andhra Pradesh.
The Minister added that preservation successful these organisations is provided lone to SC, ST, OBC, and EBC categories arsenic per the nationalist policy, but not based connected section constituencies.
Social Welfare Minister Dola Sri Bala Veeranjaneyaswamy highlighted what helium described arsenic “revolutionary changes” successful the payment assemblage aft the conjugation authorities assumed office. He informed that ₹143 crore has already been spent connected repairs to payment hostels crossed the State, portion ₹23 crore has been allocated specifically for the operation of caller toilets. Another ₹104 crore is being invested successful the operation of caller hostels.
In Visakhapatnam district’s Pendurthi, proposals worthy ₹3 crore person been sent to the Centre for gathering a caller girls’ assemblage hostel. Repair works worthy ₹8.65 lakh for the girls’ hostel and ₹13.20 lakh for the boys’ hostel successful Pendurthi person besides been completed. The Minister emphasised that specified large-scale concern successful hostel infrastructure has not been witnessed earlier successful the State’s history.
