District Legal Services Authority Secretary K. Ratna Prasadu addressing the awareness session on prevention of harassment against women in Eluru, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Secretary K. Ratna Prasadu called for collective efforts to prevent harassment of women in society. He said that despite educational progress in modern times, … Read more
Superintendent of Police (SP) K. Pratap Shiva Kishore appointed Pedavegi District Police Training Centre (DTC) Deputy Superintendent of Police, Prasada Rao, as Special Supervisory Officer (District Nodal Officer) for Animal Welfare in Eluru district. The Special Supervisory Officer has been appointed as per the orders of the A.P. High Court and the guidelines of the … Read more
To strengthen public preparedness and raise awareness on civil protection, the Eluru district administration will conduct mock drills throughout the district in accordance with the Civil Defence Rules prescribed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Eluru District Collector K. Vetriselvi held a teleconference with officials from the police, revenue, fire, medical, and other emergency … Read more
The Juvenile Justice Committee (JJC) of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Eluru district Collector to submit a report on the sexual assault of a mentally unsound minor girl in Eluru Town. When the victim complained of stomach ache and giddiness, family members shifted her to a hospital a few days ago. Doctors … Read more
One fisherman has drowned and another is missing after a traditional fishing boat capsized near a spillway at the Polavaram irrigation project in Eluru district. The incident occurred at around 5 p.m on December 4 (Sunday). Three others who were on the same boat managed to swim to the shore and survived. The deceased have … Read more
The Eluru district police on Friday handed over 105 stolen mobile phones, all worth ₹22 lakh, to the owners in the town. The Eluru police set up a special cell, headed by Deputy SP G. Pydeswara Rao, in August to receive complaints regarding theft of phones. By the first week of October, the police have … Read more
As of now, 602 people have been affected with symptoms that include seizures and giddiness. (AP file photo) Eluru is a city in one of the richest districts of Andhra Pradesh with one of the highest per capita income levels in the state. It also gets water from Krishna and Godavari, the two major rivers … Read more
The Andhra authorities are still not clear if this mystery illness is water-borne or has some element of food poisoning. (AP Photo) As the nation battles with the coronavirus, Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru is waging a war against an unknown enemy. What began as a handful people complaining about nausea in some areas of this town … Read more
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday visited the hospital in Eluru where these people have been admitted. Image: ANI One day after Andhra Pradesh Dy CM and Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna made a statement that the condition of people affected by an unidentified illness in Eluru is stable, more people have now … Read more
District health officials have also started a door to door survey of the affected areas and are checking for water contamination. Image: ANI In West Godavari district’s Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, as many as 227 people including young children have fallen sick due to an unknown disease. Officials are suspecting a possible case of water … Read more