Secretariat abuzz with activity
The Hindu
Cabinet panels on revenue mobilisation, school infra meet
The State Secretariat was abuzz with activity on Thursday. Cabinet sub-committees constituted on revenue mobilisation, health and school education infrastructure conducted separate meetings with senior officials on the way forward. The meetings were conducted amid reports of steep decline in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cases and reduction in the case positivity as well as fatality rates. The Cabinet panel on Health headed by Finance Minister T. Harish Rao held discussions with officials on the present facilities in the government health sector. It discussed the steps to be taken to improve the general and specialised medical services that were available and those that would be required to provide effective medicare, especially to the poor.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.