A.P. responds positively to TS plea for support to school infra project
The Hindu
It seeks NOC for using software developed by TCS for Nadu-Nedu programme
The Telangana government has sought the support of Andhra Pradesh for implementing a school infrastructure development project on the lines of A.P’s flagship scheme ‘Nadu - Nedu’. On learning that the A.P. government has developed an end-to-end encrypted software with the help of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for its school revamp project, Telangana Education Department Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania has written a letter to A.P. Principal Secretary (Education) B. Rajasekhar seeking a no-objection certificate for utilising the software as it is designed and customised to meet the needs of A.P. According to an official release, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has responded to it positively and instructed the officials concerned to do the needful.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.