Registration department hopeful of exemption from lockdown
The Hindu
The Registration and Stamps department is hopeful that the government will exempt its services from lockdown and allow registrations through slot booking process.The department which witnessed impress
The Registration and Stamps department is hopeful that the government will exempt its services from lockdown and allow registrations through slot booking process. The department which witnessed impressive recovery since the adverse impact of the first phase of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is hopeful that the pace of revenue collection will continue unhindered in spite of the lockdown. Senior officials are citing that the department was exempted during the first phase of the lockdown too, but was impacted by the slowdown in transactions for a few months. The collections started improving since December last with revenue in excess of ₹400 crore each reported during the last three months of the previous financial year. “Revenue during April, the first month of the current financial year, stood at ₹717 crore marking a good beginning,” a senior official told The Hindu.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.