Tirupati: Following the deaths of seven persons while cleaning an oil tanker at a facility in Kakinada, the district administration has decided to implement more safety steps in factories. District collector Venkata Ramana Reddy presided over a first meeting of the District Crisis Management Group, which included representatives of various factories and officials of the fire, factory, pollution control board, …
Vijayawada: Even as the AP government has taken up the decentralisation of administration by restructuring districts for good governance, the factories department’s move to arrange in-charge officers in districts lacked transparency and there are allegations of foul play. The department of factories made certain arrangements for the revamped 26 districts by posting officials as district in-charge to coordinate with the …
