The poor and illiterate people of the Agency areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh are easy prey for traffickers who are luring them with job offers. “More than 200 tribal folk, particularly children and women, were trafficked in the last few years, of which 50% were children aged between 8 and 15 years. … Read more
Senior TRS leader and State Planning Board vice-chairman B. Vinod Kumar took strong objection to Union Minister of State G. Kishan Reddy’s claim that the Centre had not yet taken any decision on enhancing the number of Assembly seats in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Kishan Reddy said it was not possible for increasing the … Read more
The World Bank has stressed the need for launching State Road Safety Incentives programme on national mission mode for implementation and enforcement of road safety measures to reduce fatalities in road accidents that would go a long way in achieving ‘Vision Zero’, seeking to reduce road fatalities to zero. Pedestrians at risk It said that … Read more