Letters to the editor dated April 29, 2021
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How green is my village
The news report ‘How a retired banker piped a canal to green his village’ (April 29) made for a fascinating reading and proved the truth of the dictum that retirement is a journey and not a destination. Venkateswara Reddy has shown commendable grit, enthusiasm and enterprise in charting out an entirely different path post-retirement and we need more of such change makers to improve the living conditions of the less fortunate around us.
Though not on a comparable line, Reddy’s example reminded us of the life and work of late Venkataswamy Naidu of Madurai, the doyen of affordable eye-care in South India, who set up an his practice after retiring from government service.
How a retired banker piped a canal to green his village
April 28, 2021
From ‘no rain, no crop’, the village is reaping it big now
A retired banker’s passion has turned a once-dry village green, harvesting two-three crops a year.
S Venkateswara Reddy was wondering what he should do after retiring from State Bank of India (as an Assistant General Manager). “I thought I should take up farming, continuing our family legacy,” he says.
The biggest challenge, however, was that his village,Mallepalle, like hundreds of others in the drought-prone Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, had no assured water supply.
R&B Minister draws flak for holding event amid pandemic
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Around 500 people reportedly attended the function held to honour volunteers
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Around 500 people reportedly attended the function held to honour volunteers
At a time when the government has imposed restrictions on mass gatherings to check the rapid spread of coronavirus, Roads and Buildings Minister Malagundla Sankaranarayana had drawn flak for holding a function with around 500 people in attendance in a closed hall at Penukonda to honour the volunteers.
BJP cries foul Photographs of the function showed the volunteers and other invitees sitting in violation of social distancing norms. The BJP and TDP leaders have criticised the Minister for organising such a gathering, saying that the event could turn out to be a venue for the spread of COVID infection.