Oxygen cylinders seized
The Hindu
Six cylinders (of 10.6 litres capacity) were present in the firm.
Oxygen cylinders, worth ₹2,10,000 were seized in a raid conducted at a private company by officials of the Drugs Control Authority (DCA), Visakhapatnam, at Marripalem, on Tuesday. A decoy operation was ordered by the Joint Director and Assistant Director, DCA, Visakhapatnam, based on a tip off that illegal sale and black marketing of medical oxygen was being conducted at Coromandel Roller Flour Mills beside the National Highway at Marripalem. When D. Sunitha, Drugs Inspector Vigilance, contacted the company representative for oxygen, he gave her a code ‘00019’ and asked her to collect the cylinder at their firm by disclosing the code. When Ms. Sunitha went to the company premises, the company representative asked for her details and code. He asked her to pay ₹35,000 and he gave a bill for that on the name of Sangeetha (on which name she booked the cylinder). Six cylinders (of 10.6 litres capacity) were present in the firm.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.