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The Hindu
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Over 2K children enjoy nutritious food served by India's first integrated kitchen in Kadapa
India's first integrated smart kitchen is serving nutritious food to 2,200 children studying in 12 State-funded schools and bringing smiles on their faces, in Kadapa district. The kitchen, established by the Kadapa district administration, resembles a five-star facility with a state-of-the-art kitchen, a warehouse to store groceries, cutlery to serve meals and also a mini solar power generation unit. The leftover food and vegetable peels are used to generate methane gas through biodegradation. It was set up with ₹10 lakh provided by Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan under the Dokka Seethamma mid-day meal scheme and district development fund. The activities of the integrated kitchen set up under the 'hub-and-spoke model' are constantly monitored through a mobile app. District Collector Sridhar Cherukuri said: 'The kitchen is part of an initiative to improve attendance in schools and enhance the pass percentage by letting the children focus on their studies without any worry about their lunch.' It may be mentioned here that Mr. Pawan Kalyan, who visited Kadapa Municipal Corporation High School in 2024 to attend the first parent teacher meeting, had noticed the difficulties faced by the staff in cooking food using firewood chulahs (traditional stoves). While having lunch with the children, Mr. Pawan Kalyan had promised to launch a modern kitchen using his personal funds. The Collector immediately took the lead in establishing a modern kitchen with all the required facilities. The menu includes white rice and vegetable curry on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Pulagam and tamarind rice on Tuesdays and vegetable rice on Thursdays. Eggs are served on all days and these apart, ragi porridge, jaggery Pongal, chikki, greens are also served on select days. A class seventh student Kavya Sri expressed that she thoroughly enjoys the various options available on the menu. Similarly, Shaik Mohammad Mahir Basha, a class eighth student, said that he was thrilled to meet his favourite actor Pawan Kalyan last year and thanked him for providing a delightful meal to the students. Ruth Arogya Mary, English teacher at a Municipal Corporation School, said that there has been a drastic fall in the number of students bringing food carriers from their homes, and credits the improved quality of food served at the school for this change.
The Hindu
06-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Anti-rabies vaccination drive: 17,000 doses ready in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district
Pet owners have to hurry up as there are as many as 17,000 doses of anti-rabies vaccines ready to be administered to pet dogs in Kadapa district. Launching an anti-rabies vaccination drive on the occasion of 'World Zoonosis Day' at the veterinary polyclinic in Kadapa on Sunday (July 6, 2025), district Collector Sridhar Cherukuri called upon pet owners to make use of the facility. He also gave a clarion call to the animal activists to help spread the message so that the doses are put to productive use during the free vaccination drive period. Anti-rabies vaccine alone is not enough when children suffer deep stray dog bites, says Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health Recalling the origin of the day when the first vaccine was administered on July 6, 1885 by Louis Pasteur to a boy bitten by a rabid dog, he called upon pet owners to make out a point to get their family members vaccinated, in view of their closeness with pet animals, and as such, a higher risk of virus spread through potential bites. Mr. Sridhar also called upon veterinarians, who also stay in the midst of animals, to make it mandatory to get vaccinated periodically to steer clear of risks. Marking the 'Fodder week' observed from July 7 to 14, the Collector formally released a poster brought out by the Department of Animal Husbandry.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
5,000 people participate in yoga event at Gandikota
Around 5,000 people participated in the yoga event held as part of the 'Yogandhra' campaign at Gandikota in Kadapa district on Wednesday. The event was organised by the Department of Tourism and named 'Paryataka Yogandhra'. Jammalamadugu MLA and Government Whip C. Adinarayana Reddy took part in the event along with Collector Sridhar Cherukuri. 'The ancient yogic practice has been known to rejuvenate the senses and keep ailments at bay. This is the lesson we have to learn, promote and practice in the forthcoming days,' Mr. Adinarayana Reddy said. Meanwhile, Mr. Sridhar said that the government was keen to promote the concept of 'Happy Andhra Pradesh - Healthy Andhra Pradesh' by encouraging the citizens to take up yoga and meditation. At the district and mandal level, we have trained 5.70 lakh people in yoga through 6,000 trainers, and have enrolled 9 lakh persons, including workers, farmers and students, to participate in Yogandhra event, he added.
New Indian Express
25-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Villagers bulldoze rape accused's house in Andhra's Kadapa
KADAPA: Tension gripped Kadapa district after a four-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered in A Kambaladinne village, Mylavaram mandal. Enraged villagers from Moragudi demolished the house of the accused, Rahmatulla alias Kabir, using a JCB. Villagers declared that such criminals have no place in their community. In response, Dalit organisations and the victim's family protested at Ambedkar Circle in Jammalamadugu, demanding justice, strict punishment, and Rs 1 crore compensation. Kadapa Collector Sridhar Cherukuri assured government support, promising Rs 5 lakh aid, a government job to a family member, and legal action. He went to see the victim's body at the Jammalamadugu Government hospital mortuary. Traffic was blocked for over 30 minutes during the protest. Jammalamadugu RDO Sai Shree vowed that the government would take responsibility for assisting the family. District In-Charge Minister S Savita directed police to take stringent action against the accused.
The Hindu
17-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kadapa Collector inspects MGNREGA works after MP's complaint
Kadapa Collector Sridhar Cherukuri inspected a number of ongoing works pertaining to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act (MGNREGA) in the district, on Friday. Inspecting the works at Vempalli mandal along with District Water Management Agency (DWMA) officials, he interacted with the workers and appealed to them to make use of the scheme. The work sites included water harvesting ponds for sweet lime orchards, where Mr. Sridhar learnt the farm management practices adopted by the orchard owners. The Collector apparently made a visit to the sites after receiving a complaint from Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy on the widespread corruption and irregularities in the implementation of MGNREGA works in the State. In the complaint, Mr. Reddy had accused the TDP-led alliance government of 'systematically subverting' the scheme and resorting to large scale financial fraud, thus leading to exploration of vulnerable labourers. The MP also brought to the notice of the Collector the issue of fake job cards to non-existent or politically-linked individuals by ignoring and threatening genuine job seekers, digital manipulation of attendance records by uploading the same photographs across multiple muster entries with different names, releasing wage payments for the works that have never executed based on forged documents and without proper ground verification. . The Collector later inspected the IIIT campus in Idupulapaya and offered prayers at the famous Gandi Anjaneyaswamy temple.
