After the grand success of Krishna Pushkaralu, the Krishna district administration is going to host an another mega event. The first ever, "Amaravati Shopping Festival" is going to be held in Vijayawada from October 7 to 28.

This shopping festival is going to be held in the lines of the famous Dubai Shopping Festival. Vijayawada denizens are going to have loads of shopping and entertainment. Retail shops, trade centres, super markets, shopping malls, etc, will be offering attractive discounted packages during the festival to the citizens. This fest could boost the State’s trade and commerce sector in a big way.

Krishna District Collector, Babu A said that, a coordination meeting would be convened at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram on September 22 to discuss the hosting of festival. He appealed to the traders to give huge discounts to attract the customers during the festival. The registration of shops for taking part in the festival will begin after the review meeting.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will start functioning from the temporary secretariat at Velagapudi in capital city Amaravati on Dasara festival in October.

The temporary secretariat in Amaravati is almost ready to be occupied. Some ministers have already started functioning from there. The state government wants all Secretariat departments to start the work from Amaravati by Dasara, before the Chief Minister occupies his chamber there.

Chief secretary S.P. Tucker said all Secretariat departments will be shifted by this month end. The departments have speeded up scanning of files and uploading these in e-file system.

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Ramakrishna Beach (RK Beach) in Visakhapatnam has a new addition to its beauty. It has started Beach Sun Beds, where one can relax on the sea shore and enjoy the view of Blue beach and the Naval Ships, along with the passing aeroplanes.

For this the charge for one person,for one hour is Rs 30/-

Below are some of the pics

Andhra Pradesh has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100% electrification of households, a latest report has said. JM Financials published the report based on a national -level survey on electrification in various states. Discussing this through a tele-conference with top officials of the Energy Department on Tuesday, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that the state has achieved 100% electrification by June-end.

Ensuring uninterrupted world-class quality power supply and added that access to electricity was a key socio-economic development indicator. About 35 per cent rural households in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Assam still lacked access to power supply, the Chief Minister said. The Chief Minister asked the department officials to
chalk out an action plan to be implemented from the grassroots level so as to make the power sector self sufficient in the long run.

Stating that the achievement in the power sector in the last two years is significant, the Chief Minister felt that it was not sufficient.