Local bodies should be job creators: Minister
The Hindu
‘Jobs should be ensured for at least 5 out of 1,000 people in the area’
Making a call to local bodies to reorient themselves as job creators and employers, Minister for Local Self Governments M.V.Govindan said that they should focus on programmes for generating employment. He was interacting with people’s representatives and officials from local bodies from various districts as part of a series of programmes of the Minister directly interacting with local bodies and evaluating their performance.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.