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New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Special development plan in works for Adilabad: Deputy CM Bhatti
ADILABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday said the state government is considering a special development programme for Adilabad district and will soon take up the long-pending Babasaheb Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project. Speaking after inaugurating a 30-bed community health centre at Luxettipet along with ministers C Damodar Rajanarsimha, D Sridhar Babu and Jupally Krishna Rao, Vikramarka said the Congress government is prioritising health and education. Built at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore, with a Rs 1 crore contribution from SCCL, the hospital aims to provide better medical care to the poor. Government colleges and high schools in all mandals will be upgraded with CSR and DMFT funds, he added. The deputy CM also laid the foundation stone for the Indira Mahila Shakti Solar Plant at Rebenapalli and announced another plant in Andugulapeta at Rs 3 crore, to be developed with 90% bank loan and 10% community share. These plants are expected to generate 4,500–5,000 units per day and earn Rs 51 lakh annually. The government is promoting micro-industries for women in every Assembly segment and encouraging solar power production by women's SHGs. In Mancherial, Rs 80 crore in bank linkage loans was distributed to 863 SHGs. Eight members also received insurance payouts of Rs 10 lakh each. An industrial park is coming up on 212 acres in Hazipur mandal to create jobs for 2,000 youths. Vikramarka criticised the BRS government for ignoring interest-free loans to women. 'When we said we'd make one crore women crorepatis, some mocked us. But in the first year, we've already distributed `21,600 crore in loans,' he said. Under the Aam Aadmi Bima Scheme, women's groups leased 150 buses to RTC, with 450 more to follow. He said the Congress is delivering on its promises and reaffirmed the government's commitment to developing Adilabad and Mancherial districts.
The Hindu
7 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Micro-industries will be set up in each Assembly constituency for economic empowerment of women: Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
Reiterating that the Congress government will take up the Babasaheb Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that micro-industries will be set up in every Assembly segment to promote entrepreneurial spirit and economic empowerment of women. The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing a public meeting in Luxettipet town of Mancherial district on Sunday. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone for a 1MW solar power plant of Indira Mahila Shakti women SHGs at an estimated cost of ₹3 crore at Andugulapet village in the district. Minister for IT and Industries D. Sridhar Babu, Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha and Prohibition & Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and others accompanied him. The State government is considering launching a special development plan for Adilabad district, he said, recalling the overwhelming response he received from people of the erstwhile Adilabad district during his People's March padayatra before the 2023 Assembly elections. 'We have focused on allocating solar power projects to women's SHGs, he noted, asserting that the government will work for the economic empowerment of women despite financial challenges,' he said. He criticised the BRS government for abandoning interest-free loans for women, which were introduced by the successive Congress governments in the past. Now, the Congress government has revived the scheme, he added. In pursuit of our goal to make one crore women into crorepatis, we have distributed interest-free loans worth ₹21,600 crore in the form of cheques to women's SHGs in the first year itself, Mr. Vikramarka said. He added that the cheques were being handed over to women SHGs in Mancherial on the occasion as part of the ongoing disbursement of interest-free loans across the State. He noted that the women's groups were provided security and loan support in purchasing buses, which were then leased to Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC). So far, 150 buses have been leased out to the TGSRTC, and a lease amount of ₹1 crore has been received by the women's groups, he said, adding that the remaining 450 buses will also be leased out to the TGSRTC soon.
