SP orders action on disabled person’s complaint
The Hindu
A complaint of physical harassment submitted by an aged person with disability, who came in an ambulance to the District Police Office, was attended to on the spot on Tuesday by Superintendent of Poli
A complaint of physical harassment submitted by an aged person with disability, who came in an ambulance to the District Police Office, was attended to on the spot on Tuesday by Superintendent of Police G. Jawahar.
On learning of the grievance of Bhagat Ali of Thittacherry, who had lost both his legs, the SP came down from his chamber to the ambulance and received the complaint.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists