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Kothagudem Collector Jitesh V Patil directed the officials to make elaborate arrangements for upcoming Mukkoti Ekadasi celebrations at Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam at Bhadrachalam in the district.

Students studying Intermediate, degree and post-graduation courses staged a sit-in in front of the Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA)-Utnoor.

Padma Shri Kanaka Raju, the Gussadi maestro who revived the disappearing dance form

20 companies like Shriram Life Insurance, More, Apollo Pharmacy, Navata Road Transport, Paytm, Varun Motors, GMR Cargo, LIC India, Gland Pharma, Swiggy and other companies to take part in job mela offering placements.

He held a meeting with the officials at Bhadrachalam and told the concerned ATDOs and special officers of schools under ITDA to pay special attention to impart quality education to the tribal students in coordination with the headmasters.

Six students from a Model Sports School-Utnoor belonging to the tribal welfare department have qualified for participating in a national sub-junior hockey championship to be held in Kollam of Kerala from July 19 to 29.

Tudum Debba executive committee president Godam Ganesh demanded the State government to issue a special notification to recruit teachers through the district selection committee to provide jobs to local tribal youngsters.

The ITDA project officer Prateek Jain, who was transferred now, visited the villages a few months ago and the locals brought up the issue of lack of electricity to operate irrigation pump sets to feed the crops.

He inspected facilities provided for girl students in Tribal Welfare Degree College, Junior College and Girls' Ashram School located on Kunavaram road in Bhadrachalam town on Thursday.

The tribals’ suffering came to the notice of ITDA Project Officer Prateek Jain, who probed into the matter and came to know that the forest authorities were not giving permission to provide electricity to those villages.

With an intention to do something big, they underwent training for three months in making soaps and shampoos at Vritika Herbtics Foundation in Hyderabad.

Khammam, Kothagudem, Gandugulapalli, Cherla, Dummugadem, Mulkalapalli and Gundala achieved 100 percent results.

Adivasi women embark on a journey of financial self-reliance

Jain said that for the tribal farmers who depend on agriculture for their livelihood in the agency areas, measures were being taken by ITDA to sink bore wells and dig water ponds to ensure water availability throughout the year for growing crops.

With the demand for water tankers increasing this season, many officers find it challenging to ensure water supply to wild animals.

District officials taking a break from their hectic duties joined the staff celebrating the festival. Khammam district Collector VP Gautham and Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt joined the celebrations.

Gram panchayat special officer Prateek Jain inspected the gram panchayat office, Vaikunta Dhamam and a vacant space in the UB centre in the town on Saturday.

The Project Officer inaugurated an organic country chicken farm set up by an unemployed tribal youth, Kodi Nagaraju of Kotha Kondapuram village in Manugur mandal in Kothagudem

For the cultivation of fruit orchards and oil palm tribal farmers would be given a large percentage of funds and financial flexibility.

Sources said that the then government sanctioned Rs 10 lakh towards the arrangements in 2022, but no funds were granted for the affair in 2023 and 2024.