Wide-body Airbus is likely to land at Gannavaram airport August 06, 2011 12:42
VIJAYAWADA: Wide-body Airbus is likely to land at Gannavaram airport within two months as the authorities are determined to complete installation of landing equipment for big aircraft at the earliest. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, airport new director C Pattabhi who assumed charge recently, said the airport authorities, in coordination with the revenue department, were planning to acquire land for the runway expansion. Pattabhi who worked in Visakhapatnam airport earlier, said big aircraft could be operated from Gannavaram airport from the ensuing winter schedule. As part of expansion of the runway, some trees on the airport premises need to be removed. The revenue authorities have already identified the trees which come in the flight path. Air India and SpiceJet are ready to operate Airbus services from Gannavaram airport once the expansion of runway is completed. In all, 465 acres of land is necessary for expansion of the runway up to 10,000 feet. The Krishna district administration is likely to issue a notification for land acquisition soon. If the land is allotted for development of the airport, the construction of terminal building will be taken up. Instrument landing facility at the airport will be provided within two months to facilitate night landing of aircraft, he said. At present, Kingfisher Airlines is operating flight services from Bangalore-Vij a y awa d a -Bang a l o r e , Hyderabad-Vijayawada- Hyderabad and Vijayawada- Chennai. Vijayawada-Bangalore flight takes off from Gannavaram at 12:35 hours every day and at 13:30 hours on Tuesday. Hyderabad flight is scheduled to leave the airport at 14:35 hours everyday. Jet Airways flight leaves Gannavaram at 15:00 hours daily except on Tuesdays. Kingfisher flight for Chennai leaves at 16.26 hours daily except on Wednesdays. Air passengers can contact Kingfisher Airlines on phone No: 08676 253538-39 and Jet Airways on phone No: 08676 253977-88 for any info about flight timings.
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TANA comes to the rescue of Virginia students August 02, 2011 20:21
The University of Southern Mississippi and Murray State University have in principle agreed to admit into their rolls the abandoned Telugu students of the North Virginia University. It might be mentioned that the US authorities had asked majority of the students of the North Virginia University to leave its premises immediately last week as their admissions were found to be unauthorized. Disclosing this to media persons in Washington today, the TANA president Prasad Totakura and Treasurer Satish Vemana said that students should submit their applications immediately or during this week at least to finish the process of transfers and admissions quickly. “The students can get transfers but not their credits,” they said after meeting the senior officials of the Indian Embassy in Washington. Both Satish Vemana and Prasad Totakura said that students can mail their applications to the email id: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloakecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b = 'mark.galloway' + '@'; addyecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b = addyecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b + 'murraystate' + '.' + 'edu'; var addy_textecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b = 'mark.galloway' + '@' + 'murraystate' + '.' + 'edu';document.getElementById('cloakecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b').innerHTML += ''+addy_textecd160ea7ad526ff459d759fec1c8d8b+''; The TANA representatives said they explained the pitiable conditions of the Telugu students to the senior officials of the Embassy and requested them to find a quick solution to the problem. The TANA is arranging a question-answer session with legal experts for the sake of students at the Indian Embassy in Washington for two hours from 2 pm on August 4. Students who want to seek any help or clarifications can mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2 = 'team' + '@'; addy25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2 = addy25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2 + 'tana' + '.' + 'org'; var addy_text25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2 = 'team' + '@' + 'tana' + '.' + 'org';document.getElementById('cloak25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2').innerHTML += ''+addy_text25fbef0fdb2c0d616095e2418dd678b2+''; , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346 = 'tanastudents' + '@'; addy8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346 = addy8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_text8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346 = 'tanastudents' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346').innerHTML += ''+addy_text8ff2a852dcfa9f842f38312b91373346+'';
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Water sports resort planned at Gollapudi August 02, 2011 13:06
Aug. 1: The Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, and Mangalagiri Urban Development Authority (VGTM-Uda) has decided to construct riverfront named as Vijaya Siri recreational park on the banks of Krishna river in Gollapudi at a cost of Rs 36 crore to provide recreation to the visitors. The riverfront includes recreation zone, water zone, beach zone, green zone and eatery zone. The focus of the proposed project is to enhance the functional and scenic beauty of Krishna river. The highlight of the project is mega seven-storey tower which will provide fun and recreation in every possible way to the youngsters and children of all ages. The multi-storey tower will have gaming zones for kids, aquarium zone, bowling alley and a banquet hall. The sixth and seventh floors will be used for conferences, marriages and functions. Each storey will have 3,000 square feet area. The ground floor will be left without construction because of floods threat. The Uda vice-chairman, Mr G.S.R.K.R. Vijay Kumar, told reporters on Monday that the Uda will send proposals to the state government for administrative sanction and later to the ministry of tourism, Central government for sanction of funds. He said there is a provision in the ministry of tourism to develop the riverfronts on the banks of rivers. The first phase works are proposed to cost `18 crore including all works other than recreational tower and parking tower. The second phase works consist of seven floors recreational tower at a cost of Rs 12 crore and the third and last phase, the parking tower at a cost of Rs 6 crore. Mr Vijay Kumar said the Uda has planned ferry/boat rides, musical fountain, tot-lot, open lush green parks, club house and open-air auditorium which can accommodate 2,500 audience. The eatery zone consists of eatery outlets, lavish entrance plaza, lounges, cloak rooms and conference rooms. Talking about the land, the vice-chairman said a donor came forward to donate land for the construction of the park and permission will be taken from the irrigation and municipal departments for the construction of Vijaya Siri. Asked about the funds, he said if the central government does not sanctions funds, the Uda would take up the project with its own funds. He ruled out the possibility of construction on public-private partnership mode. The Uda also planned a ropeway from the river front to Bhavani Islands.
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2 college girls die in road accident July 30, 2011 15:43
Two college girls were killed when a readymix lorry ran over them as they were crossing the road after college hours near Ramoji Film City, Abdullapurmet, on Friday evening. Traffic came to a grinding halt for several hours on the Vijayawada highway as enraged college students and parents staged a rasta roko. As hundreds of vehicles were stopped causing a massive traffic jam, the police diverted the traffic from Anajpur, Kothaguda and Batasingaram villages to proceed further on the highway. According to police, four students of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Polytechnic College, Abdullapurmet were crossing the road near Ramoji Film City main gate at about 3.30 pm when a speeding readymix vehicle (lorry) going towards Vijayawada first hit the divider and then ran over the students. While two students K Bhargavi and N Mamatha died on the spot, two others received minor injuries. The students were studying automobile engineering diploma and belonged to Koyyalagudem and Tangadapally villages respectively. Enraged over the accident, the students sat on dharna on the highway at about 4.30 pm. The parents and relatives who reached the spot too joined in the rasta roko demanding compensation from the vehicle owner. The police tried to convince them that the lorry belonged to a person from Karimnagar district and that he could be reached immediately, but the protesters refused to budge. L B Nagar deputy commissioner of police D Nagendra Kumar said the lorry driver was taken into custody and a case registered.
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Sailajanath: We will keep AP united July 28, 2011 14:53
Minister Sailaja Nath said today that the Seema Andhra leaders would not allow the state to be divided under any circumstances and asserted they would not even care to give up their lives for the sake of a united AP. Speaking to media persons in Chittor today, he said the ministerial posts are not as much important to them as keeping the AP united. “We will go to any extent to keep the state united. We are ready even to sacrifice our lives, not just our ministerial or MLA posts,” he declared. Expressing the confidence that the Centre would not take unilateral decision on the Telangana issue, the minister asked TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan reddy to declare their stand clearly on Telangana. Alleging that the TRS leadership has been provoking and forcing the people of Telangana into agitation for selfish political agenda, Sailajanath said that they would demand the Centre to keep the state united.
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SI Exams as scheduled: Kiran July 27, 2011 15:42
Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy announced today that the written examinations for the recruitment of SI posts would be held as scheduled. Addressing a public meeting at the Medikonduru village in Guntur district this afternoon, Kiran Kumar said the welfare hostels of the SCs and STs would not be closed and the media had wrongly published the statement made by the minister concerned. Earlier, the CM arrived at the Gannavaram airport in a special plane from Hyderabad. Kirankumar was originally scheduled to fly a helicopter but the officials cancelled the decision in the last minute due to inclement weather and advised the CM to take a special plane for the tour. The CM will participate in several developmental programmes in the district and also lay the foundation stone for a new fruit and vegetable market in Guntur town.
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T men hurl eggs on Lagadapati July 25, 2011 15:09
T activists had hurled eggs on the convoy of Vijayawada congress MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal at Palvancha in Khammam district on Sunday. Rajagopal had attended the 10th day ritual of the KLR Educational Academy chairman K.Lakshma Reddy who died of heart attack on July 12. Telangana activists, who gathered in large numbers after getting advance intimation of Rajagopal’s arrival in Palvancha, attacked his convoy with eggs when he was returning to Vijayawada after paying his last respects at the Samadhi of Lakshma Reddy. Rajagopal, a hard core protagonist of the united AP, visited the town with a heavy police escort but it did not deter the T activists from hurling eggs on his convoy.
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Kingfisher grounds 2 ATR Aircraft due to a cash crunch July 22, 2011 18:09
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has been forced to ground two ATR aircraft, out of a fleet of 27, after it was unable to get spares for maintenance due to a cash crunch, sources in the airline told ET. Kingfisher flies its ATR aircraft, which uses a turboprop engine and can seat about 60-70 people, on sectors such as Chennai, Vijaywada and other Tier-II cities. Industry experts said that it is alarming for an airline to ground an ATR category aircraft due to spare issues as ATR spares come cheap compared with other spares of a single aisle aircraft like A320 type that are in Kingfisher's fleet. Kingfisher, in an e-mailed response, said that the aircraft were grounded due to normal maintenance procedures. "The ATRs in question are undergoing scheduled maintenance and they require some replacement parts with long lead times. Flight schedules have been planned keeping in mind potentially longer timelines for re-induction of these two ATR aircraft. The aircraft are expected to be pressed back into service once they have been rectified," said a Kingfisher spokesperson.
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Unhealthy lifestyles make people victim to several diseases July 20, 2011 17:07
Unhealthy lifestyles make people susceptible to falling victim to several diseases, more imminently to vector borne diseases like dengue and malaria. With the onset of Monsoon, mosquito menace is a common phenomenon in the city.Dengue is biggest threat in Asian countries with no specific treatment for it so far, says District Malaria Officer A. Rambabu. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Rambabu said that with changing lifestyles, the people were inviting a number of health problems. People are excessively dependent on air conditioners and air coolers which bestow on the mosquitoes right climatic conditions to breed in large numbers. Citizens neither have time to keep their surroundings clean, not clear the stagnated water. “The worst is they do not even intimate the Municipal Corporation of such a problem for getting the solution,” he lamented. The flower pots, plant saucers, jars, and tyres are the haven for mosquitoes, which can lay up to 200 eggs in an ounce of water at a time, he points out. A mosquito bite invites malaria, dengue, JE and other diseases. And, to eliminate the mosquitoes, they use all kinds of repellents, oils, balms, coils and sprays. These repellents cause respiratory problems like bronchitis, in the long run. The mosquito coils, vaporisers likewise, aggravate asthma. The diseases will have serious repercussions on victim's family and on economic state of society at large. The diseases weaken economic and social status of the victim, he explains. Mr. Rambabu feels that more urbanisation was leading to more problems. The vector borne diseases are hardly found in rural areas. Vijayawada in Krishna district had the highest number of vector-borne diseases as in urban areas, it was sheer negligence of people, and changing lifestyles that upped the ante. They do not even inform about fever cases in the neighbourhood to the authorities concerned. They don't even allow the authorities to take up anti malaria operations within their houses. Had it been in cities like New Delhi, they would end up paying penalties for not keeping their surroundings clean, he says. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has launched a toll free number ‘1800 425 2000' to register fever cases. The authorities provide medicines at door step. But, hardly anyone takes full course. In fact, the health assistants share their lunch packs with victim so as to ensure that he or she took medicine, he adds.
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Hyderabad- Sabari Express to be diverted in AP July 18, 2011 17:42
Guntur (AP), Jul 17 (PTI) Trivendrum-Hyderabad Sabari Express will be diverted on July 18 and 19 from its usual route due to repair works to be carried out in Andhra Pradesh.According to a South Central Railway release, Sabari Express (17229) on July 18 and 19 will be diverted via Tenali, Vijaywada and Kazipet following repair works to be undertaken at the level crossing gates between Chityal and Sri Ramapuram stations in Nalgonda district of the state.On the other hand, Hyderabad-Trivandrum Sabari Express (17330) will run on its usual track via Nalgonda, Nadikudi and Guntur, one hour late on July 18 and 19, it said.Meanwhile, the passenger trains on Kacheguda-Miryalguda route stand cancelled on the said dates, the release added.
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Jagan supporters clash with Rajagopal July 16, 2011 15:12
Tension prevailed in Mylavaram of Krishna district for a while on Friday when YSR Congress party workers and supporters of Vijayawada congress MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal clashed with and abused each other in the foulest language. YSR congress supporters raised slogans against Rajagopal when the latter visited the town for laying foundation stone for additional class rooms in a school. Taking umbrage for his earlier comments that YSR congress chief YS Jaganmohan reddy should be questioned by police for the helicopter crash that killed YSR, supporters of Jagan obstructed the official programme of Rajagopal and raised slogans ‘Lagadapati Rajagopal Amar Rahe’, ‘Sonia Gandhi Amar Rahe’ provoking him. Angered at the slogans, Lagadapati came out of his car in a huff and ran towards the YSR congress workers along with his supporters to take on them physically. Supporters of both groups abused each other using unprintable words in the presence of police After losing their patience, Rajagopal and his supporters chased the YSR workers and tried to beat them but most of the Jagan supporters ran away by then. For fifteen minutes, the area looked like a war zone with the broken pieces of glass doors of the vehicles being seen everywhere.
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Madhusudana Reddy will replace Garg as Vijaywada City police chief July 12, 2011 15:04
Andhra Pradesh government today promoted four IPS officers of the 1993 batch to the rank of Inspector General of Police. The government awarded new postings to eight IPS officers, including two of those promoted, while two others were retained in the same posts even upon promotion. Sandeep Shandily, who has been promoted to the rank of IGP, has been retained as the chief of Intelligence Security Wing. Vijaywada City Police Commissioner Amit Garg has been promoted as Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) in Hyderabad. 1997 batch officer N Madhusudana Reddy will replace Garg as Vijaywada City police chief while Kumar Viswajeet will be taking charge as the Joint Commissioner (Security and Coordination) in Hyderabad city. On promotion, P V Sunil Kumar has been retained as the Enforcement Director (Prohibition and Excise Department) while V Venugopala Krishna has been promoted to the rank of IGP and posted to the Police Transport Organisation. Additional Director General of Police, M Aruna Bahuguna, has been posted as Commissioner (Printing and Stationery) in the existing vacancy. M Gopikrishna has been transferred from the Information Technology Department and posted back to police as Inspector General of Crime Investigation Department. V Naveen Chand has been posted as Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) in Hyderabad while N Sanjay as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Nizamabad Range.
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