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Lok Satta Party fulfills school Construction promise

The Lok Satta Party has set an example by adding three rooms to an upper primary school at a cost of Rs.300,000 in the flood-ravaged Kesavaram village in Aija mandal of Mahbubnagar district within a month of taking up the work.

The Lok Satta Party had adopted the village to undertake all-round development following the trail of destruction left by floods in River Tungabhadra on October 2. Most of the 400 houses in the village with a population of 2000 were damaged and four hundred acres of land was sand-cast. The Lok Satta Party undertook a comprehensive survey of the problems of the village and submitted a report to the Collector.

The Lok Satta Party deployed modern technology – Light Weight Construction Methodology introduced by LCM India Private Limited --to augment accommodation in the school by adding three class-rooms with a total plinth area of 1000 square feet to the existing four rooms in less than a month. Mr. G. V. Raghava Raju, Managing Director of LCM India and Secretary of the Lok Satta Party unit in Qutbullapur constituency, has stayed in the village for more than a month to supervise school construction.

The Lok Satta team in the village under the leadership of Mr. Raghava Raju, succeeded getting five unauthorized liquor outlets in the village shut down. As a result, most of the residents have stopped drinking. The team also worked with electricity authorities and got power supply restored and seven new transformers erected in place of damaged ones. They educated the village women who have been heavily dependent on micro finance at exorbitant interest to access bank loans at three percent interest.

Mrs. N. Saroja Devi, State Mahila Satta convener, and Mrs. K. Geetha Murthy, party spokesperson coordinated the activities in the village from the Hyderabad-end.

Giving this information at a media conference, party spokespersons Mrs. N. Saroja Devi, Mrs. K. Geetha Murthy, Mr. V. Vijayender Reddy and Mr. Bhisetty Babji said that while the Government was yet to initiate construction of houses for flood victims the Lok Satta fulfilled its promise.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 19:02

Don’t fall for traditional party Gimmicks: Dr. JP

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan today warned that traditional parties are prepared to take the voters for a ride by promising even the moon and the creation of a beach in Hyderabad. Once elected to power, their candidates look forward to enriching themselves by resorting to land grabbing, lobbying with the Government, seeking commissions in contracts and encouraging anti social elements.

Addressing a GHMC election meeting near ESI Hospital in Sanatnagar division, Dr. JP said his party had fielded candidates who are committed to serving people without anticipating anything in return. The traditional parties had ridiculed the Lok Satta for declaring it would not lure voters with money or liquor. With their campaign having backfired, they now say Lok Satta policies are impracticable. “Do they mean that ethics have no place in politics?”

Dr. JP recalled that both former Chief Ministers – N. Chandrababu Naidu of the TDP and Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy of the Congress – had failed to fulfill their promise of providing corruption-free governance.

Appealing to voters not to refrain from voting, Dr. JP said that however much they detest traditional parties, they should not detest politics and elections. By failing to vote, they will be perpetuating the present corrupt political culture.

Dr. JP asserted that the Lok Satta alone had the will, determination and commitment to save the city from anti social elements and make life hassle free for the common man. “Society cannot be transformed with traditional party gimmicks. It is possible only when people are empowered with responsibilities and resources. That’s why the Lok Satta has embraced the slogan, ‘Vote for us, power to you’”.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 20:59

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