VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan has announced that the state government has taken three key decisions, holding gram sabhas across 13,326 panchayats, conducting a pulse survey on utilisation of Jal Jeevan Mission funds, and increasing funds to panchayats for holding Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. “These three measures, aimed at reviving and strengthening village panchayats and sarpanch …
KHAMMAM: Neither forest nor revenue officials are moving back from their stand on the podu land issue in Khammam and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts. Revenue officials conducted gram sabhas and resolved the applications on podu lands. Although forest beat officers Jyothi, Satyakrishna and Ravi had to attend, the gram sabhas completed the work in their absence. Ironically, the applications have been okayed …
