Kakinada, Jan 18th: A high speed boat, built at the ABG shipyard in Surat, was commissioned at a function at the Indian Coast Guard, Kakinada station on Jan 18. Coast Guard Deputy Inspector General A Talha said the boat, which could sail at a speed of 45 nautical miles per hour, would guard the entire coast in its area of operation responding to the situations very quickly. The Kakinada station would be equipped with another speed boat during current year, he added.
''The boat would be stationed at the OSV berth at the Deep water port provided by the Kakinada Sea Ports Limited. Though Kakinada Coast Guard station started functioning in 2006, for want of surveillance boats it was carrying on its operations using the Coast Guards ships from Visakhapatnam and Chennai stations. Now with the help of the speed boat Charley-141, it would guard the entire coast in its area of operation responding to the situations very quickly,'' he said.
East Godavari Superintendent of Police Y Nagireddy, who was the Chief Guest on the occasion, said the hi-speed boat would be of great help for both the coast guard and the marine police in tracking the marine intruders and to safeguard the installations of oil companies in KG Basin.
Techie's wife ends life Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 19th: A twenty three year old women, Muddunuri Vasavi (23) committed suicide by consuming poison after suspecting her husband was involved in an extramarital affair here on Wednesday. She was immediately admitted at the government general hospital, Kakinada wherein the doctors declared ...
SHG women fail to repay loans Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 19th: The women self help group (SHG) bank linkage program has been affected this year due to default in repayments by beneficiaries in East Godavari. The bankers are reluctant to continue financing for the scheme meant for womens uplift. The program enabled the district to stand in the...
MCA student ends life for Telangana Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 19th: Dejected over the 'inordinate delay' in the formation of separate Telangana state, an MCA student of the Osmania University committed suicide here on Wednesday. The student Venugopal Reddy poured kerosene over his body and set himself ablaze in front of the Tagore auditor...
CM to hold conference with DCs Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 19th: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah will hold a two-day conference with District Collectors from Jan 20 to fine tune the administration and reiterate the priorities of the Government. Revenue Minister D Prasad Rao said the government would lay emphasis on agriculture and '...
Sarpanchs go on Kerala tour Posted on 21-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 20th: Zilla Parishad Chairman Ch S Venugopalakrishna today flagged off the bus taking a team of 33 Sarpanchs of East Godavari District on a study tour of Kerala. The team, during its five-day tour till January 25, would make a comparative study about the functioning of the village panch...
Scholarships yet to be disbursed Posted on 21-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 20th: In a view to encourage the students of SC, ST, BC and EBC categories the government is providing scholarships to the them. But the students are not satisfied with the results as the departments concerned failed to pay the scholarships within the stipulated period. Particularly the...
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