
Road connectivity and drinking water supply will be provided to all tribal villages, says ITDA Project Officer
The Hindu
‘131 mobile towers are sanctioned for the Agency to strengthen communication network’
Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Project Officer R. Gopala Krishna said that as part of Mission Connect Paderu with a budget of about ₹735 crore, all the tribal villages in the Agency will be provided road connectivity and drinking water supply. He said that 131 mobile towers were also sanctioned for the Agency including one at Pinakota Panchayat, to strengthen communication network.
Mr Gopala Krishna was speaking to tribals after inaugurating a Mega Medical Camp along with Araku MLA Ch. Phalguna at Pinakota village in Ananthagiri mandal here on Monday.

The heat of the recently concluded local body elections spilled over into the first meeting of the newly elected council of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a notice regarding their oaths, participating in the council.

Taking a dig at Udupi District Congress unit for demanding action against Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa for flagging off the Paryaya procession by waving a saffron flag, Udupi District BJP President Kuthyar Naveen Shetty on Wednesday asked how many preparatory meetings had district in-charge Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar conducted ahead of the celebrations.











