Eviction of Warangal Central Jail begins
The Hindu
The 135 year old Nizam era central prison at Warangal will soon be history as the jail authorities started vacating the 59.5 acre campus today for conversion into a super speciality hospital of the go
The 135 year old Nizam era central prison at Warangal will soon be history as the jail authorities started vacating the 59.5 acre campus today for conversion into a super speciality hospital of the government. Of the 954 prisoners in the jail, as many as 114 were shifted to different jails in the State with police escort. A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday directed jail authorities to handover the campus to health department by month end.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.