To cater more value enabled services to its costumers, Axis Bank has installed a recycler ATM at the PVP Square Mall, Vijayawada. Vijayawada circle head V. Rama Krishna inaugurated the ATM. The ATM at the mall is the first off-site ATM of the bank in the city.

This would help the business people and also the visitors of the shopping mall, which will run 24/7. Many visitors, have seen this new service in the shopping mall and used the ATM

In a bid to promote tourism sector in the State, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked the police department to consider the possibility of granting permissions to shopping malls, food courts and shopping plazas across the State to remain open till 12 in the midnight every day. The Chief Minister held a review meeting with the heads of all 14 departments in the State.

During the meeting, Naidu sought suggestions from the officials on luring the tourists to the State in order to develop the tourism sector.

When officials told Naidu that keeping shopping malls in the State open till late in the night everyday could help develop tourism sector in the State, the Chief Minister asked the police officials to explore the possibility.

Telugu Desam national secretary Nara Lokesh is planning to change the Telugu Desam district office at Guntur into Telugu Desam AP state office and is likely to announce the decision on the occasion of Telugu New Year Ugadi.

Mr Lokesh visited NTR Bhavan, which is TD district office at Arundalpeta in Guntur. They inspected the building, enquired about the land and conducted a meeting with the TD leaders. According to the TD sources, the availability of huge chunk of land and easy transportation from Krishna. Guntur, Prakasam and other districts was considered to turn the Guntur TD office into AP state office.

The process of changing may start on Ugadi.

A majority of the legislators including ministers P. Pulla Rao and R. Kishorebabu are seeking TD state party office at Guntur. Narasaraopeta MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, TD Guntur committee president and Vinukonda MLA G.V. Anjaneyulu and AP Women Commission chairperson Nannapaneni Rajakumari also sought TD state office at Guntur.

The present TD office at Hyderabad will switch into Telangana TD office

Very Soon, every nook and corner of Guntur city would come under the CC camera surveillance. The Guntur Urban Police are expediting the installation of CC cameras at all junctions. The Vijayawada-based Apple Vision has been roped into install the cameras and interlink them to the Control Room situated on the second floor of the Guntur Urban SP's office. Efforts are on to complete the works at the earliest.

According to the Guntur West DSP KGV Sarita, who is the nodal officer for CC camera surveillance project, as many as 2,164 CC cameras are being installed under the purview of Guntur Urban Police district. While the police will install 100 cameras at strategic locations, the business and commercial establishments would chip in and account for the remaining cameras. All these cameras would be linked to the fiber optic cables provided for free by the Apple Vision.

Sofar the installation of 1,878 cameras have been completed and the officials are working towards installing the remaining. East and West Sub-Divisions will have 383 and 930 cameras respectively. While, North Sub-Division will have 742 cameras, the South will have 109.

3 megapixel and 4 mega pixel cameras are used and they are capable of tracking vehicle registration numbers even during the night.