NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 2010

NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 2010

• Senior Civil Judge M. Yesu Ratnam of the Venkatagiri Court in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district created a record by disposing of 270 cases in a single day. 
• Veerappa Moily launched National Skill Development Program in Chikkaballapur. This program is set to train 50crore people by 2020 in various skills. The estimated budget allotted for this program is Rs. 60, 000crore. 
• Chief Minister K Rosaiah inaugurated a state-of-the art S-Band Doppler weather radar installed at Meteorological Centre, Begumpet, Hyderabad. This is the second of 12 radars planned to be installed at different locations in country during the first phase of the modernisation scheme of IMD. 
• Tirumala Seshachalam hills, the abode of Lord Venkteswara, has been declared as a “biosphere reserve” in the country by the ministry of environment and forest. 
• The Andhra Pradesh government has set a target of achieving 80 per cent literacy rate from the existing 64 per cent by 2020 
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Tirupati international airport to provide direct connectivity from various international destinations to the temple town in Andhra Pradesh. 
• Shri K.H. Muniyappa, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways laid the Foundation Stone for Kadapa-Bangalore Railway line on 1st September, 2010 at Kadapa Railway Station. The new Railway line is one of the largest projects of the South Central Railway and estimated to cost Rs.1785 Crs. for a length of 258.3 Kms. This project is being executed on 50 :50 cost-sharing basis by the Railways and the State Govts.