2,500 employees allocated among 16 HoDs
The Hindu
Allocation of about 2,500 employees to 16 offices of Heads of Departments was completed based on their preferences given by the employees and other details provided by HoDs at the Allocation Committee
Allocation of about 2,500 employees to 16 offices of Heads of Departments was completed based on their preferences given by the employees and other details provided by HoDs at the Allocation Committee meeting held here on Sunday.
According to officials, the employees of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries, Women Development, Child, Disabled and Senior Citizens’ Welfare, Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation) and Commercial Taxes were allocated to HoDs at the meetings.
Representatives from the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ Association also participated in the process. Allocation Committee members – principal secretary (GAD) Vikas Raj and senior consultant (Finance) N. Siva Shanker – finalised the proceedings along with the secretaries concerned based on the guidelines given in GO 317.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.