Steps being taken to check ganja smuggling from A.P.: Home Minister
The Hindu
New buildings of Krishnalanka and Bhavanipuram police stations inaugurated
The State government is taking all steps to prevent drugs and ganja (Cannabis) smuggling from Andhra Pradesh, said Home Minister Makathoti Sucharita.
Under ‘Operation Parivarthana’, ganja worth more than ₹1,000 crore has been destroyed, she said.
Ms. Sucharita, along with Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivas, Director-General of Police (DGP) D. Gautam Sawang, MLA Malladi Vishnu and Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi, inaugurated the new Krishnalanka and Bhavanipuram police station buildings, built at a cost of ₹4.75 crore, here on Monday.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.