Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 11 December 2021

People in Hyderabad can pay Rs 12.02 per kWh to charge their electric vehicles from April 2021. The government has already announced setting up of electric stations across Hyderabad. As per the Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TSREDCO), 118 vehicle charging stations will be set up in the city under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) II scheme. To promote the usage of electric vehicles, the Department of Heavy Industries has proposed the scheme. Besides Hyderabad, 20 public charging stations will also be set up in Warangal and Karimnagar, totalling the number to 138. All the stations would be ready by March next year. Already, there are some private charging stations in the city.Read more

TRS leader and minister Puvvada Ajay exuded confidence of winning in local body MLC election. In a press conference, the minister thanked all those who strived for the party victory and also expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for according to funds to the local bodies. He said that TRS party would win in the election with huge majority. Meanwhile, MP Nama Nageshwara Rao who was also present in the press conference said that TRS candidate from Khammam Thatha Madhu will win the election with a great majority. He also said that the government is also against the privatisation of coal blocks. He also asserted that the government would oppose all the policies against farmers and public.Read more

An unidentified woman gave birth to a baby girl in a public toilet in Karimnagar. The newborn who died after being born was found wrapped in a dupatta in the toilet at Ramnagar fish market. Locals who found the baby alerted the watchman who informed the police. The police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The watchman told the police an unidentified woman came to the Sulabh complex on Saturday night. The police suspect that the woman might have left the baby after she was found to be dead. The police are looking into CCTV footage to identify the woman. A case has been registered.

Three children who went missing from their home in Gautham Nagar of Patancheru were found by the police within hours after the complaint was filed. Going into details, three children left their home on Saturday. The parents searched for them with neighbours and friends until midnight but failed to trace them. Later, they approached the police and lodged a complaint. The police responded swiftly and launched a hunt for the children and found them hiding in an isolated place near their house. When inquired, it was learned that the children was chided by their parents for not going to school following which they left their home. The children were handed over to their parents.

#Tirupati City along with many East Parts of #Chittoor district will definitely HEAVY DOWNPOUR roughly starting in one hour. #Nellore storms moving into #Kadapa district Badvel side while Kavali rains moving towards South #Prakasam now. pic.twitter.com/mxL9IOkOeg

— Andhra Pradesh Weatherman (@APWeatherman96) December 11, 2021

After the reports of Omicron broke out, the authorities have cancelled all the entertaining programmes in Hyderabad. Accordingly, no Sunday-Funday programme at Tank Bund and Charminar and 'Ek Shyam-Charminar Ke Naam' in Old City will be held from tomorrow. Principal secretary of Municipal administration Arvind Kumar said that the programmes will be brought back once the situation returns to normalcy. Also Read - 22 US states identify Omicron cases.  Sunday-Funday programme which is conducted on the behalf of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has become an instant hit with huge public response. The special shows held at the programme attracted huge number of people. Food stalls with various delicacies have also remained as the special attraction. The programme which starts at 5 pm continues until midnight.

Vijayawada: Women secretaries and promoters of the village dairy cooperative societies play very important role in the successful implementation of Jagananna Pala Velluva scheme, said Krishna district Collector J Nivas on Friday.

The Collector participated in the training programmes conducted for the village dairy cooperative society secretaries and assistant secretaries in Reddygudem and Mylavaram mandals.

Addressing on the occasion, the Collector said Jagananna Pala Velluva scheme will be implemented in 300 villages in the first phase in Krishna district. He said 89 villages under the Nandigama cluster and 90 villages in Nuzvid cluster will be covered in the first phase. He said Jagananna Pala Velluva will be beneficial to women dairy farmers to strengthen them financially.

He said scientific method will be followed in measuring cheese in the milk and there is no scope to cheat the farmers. He underlined the need to create awareness among women farmers on sale of milk. He said the women farmers may get Rs 5 to Rs 7 more under Jagananna Pala Velluva scheme compared to other dairies.Read more

Hyderabad: Telangana PCC president A Revanth Reddy on Friday announced total support to the 72-hour-long strike by the employees of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) to protest the Union government's decision to privatise four coal blocks. He demanded the State government purchase 49 per cent stake held by the Centre to stop the privatisation of SCCL. He also wanted the government to clear Rs 13,000 crore dues to the company.Read more

Hyderabad: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Friday stated that voting in MLC polls under the local bodies quota is expected to be 99 percent. He voted in Siddipet Government Degree College. Later Rao told the media that for the first time MPs and MLAs were offered chance to cast votes in MLC polls under local bodies quota as ex-officio members. "Since the voters are the elected representatives we expect total percentage of voting", he said. It could be around 99 per cent, the minister hoped. Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, MP, also cast his vote. In Medak 42.1 per cent votes were polled by noon. With 5,326 voters, five old districts saw polls for six seats contested by 26 candidates by following Corona protocols. The results are to be announced on December 14.

Hyderabad: The health survey taken up by the State government to collect the health information of every individual is inching towards completion. The information so far gathered by the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers, who took door-to door visit of households to collect information about the health status of citizens, would be uploaded on to an app soon. To minimise the burden of multiple visits and compilation of manually collected information, the State government has launched an application-based questionnaire, ASHA disease profile application, that can capture the information about the risk factors and symptoms of various communicable and non-communicable diseases from all the individuals of the State. District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) Venkati Jummidi told The Hans India that the survey had entered its final stage and likely to be completed by next week in Hyderabad.