The ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the department of posts (DOP) have decided to open a total of Seven post office passport seva kendras in Andhra Pradesh for delivery of passport related services to the people. The objective of this partnership is to extend passport related services on a larger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.

The Seven new POPSKs will be opened at Anantapur, Chittoor, Guntur, Krishna, Ongole, Rajamundry and Srikakulam. With the opening of seven new POPSKS the total number in Andhra Pradesh would be 10 and the total number of passport seva kendras, passport seva laghu Kendra and post office passport kendra would be 15.

Thus, almost each district will have either a PSK OR PSLK OR POPSK for the benefit pf the passport applicants. The MEA has opened 14 passport seva laghu kendras (PSLK) after May 2014, including in all the north eastern States and at Bhimavaram.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will lay the foundation stone for 1.5 lakh houses under urban housing scheme simultaneously in all the districts in remote control mode from Vijayawada on Monday. Several MLAs, representatives of local bodies and local officials will also take part in the programme at their respective places across the state.

After making serious exercise, Chief Minister directed the officials to promote housing schemes in big way by taking help from the Centre. As part of the drive, the state government has invited tenders for 1.09 lakh houses. The tender process will be completed soon for the remaining houses. The government got the housing projects designed with latest technology and certified material like tiles and granite will be used for flooring in the construction under the supervision of municipal administration department.

The government clearly stipulated the quality standards the contracts and the contractors should use material as mentioned specifically mentioned in the agreements for doors and windows to maintain quality in construction.

Visitors to capital city Amaravati can enjoy the sighting of dolphins at Sagara Sangamam, where Krishna river joins the Bay of Bengal. At the confluence where the river enters into the sea, hoards of fish swim against the current of the water and dolphins arrive there to catch them. As dolphins move in families unlike other fish, adult and baby dolphins are sighted as they come to the surface water. Observers say they come to the surface during closure of low tide, when the high tide is about to begin. Moreover, as dolphins require breathing fresh air at regular intervals, they come to the surface water.

According to an estimate, dolphins can be sighted at the confluence for about 200 days in a year and the timing for sighting varies on a day-to-day basis. But ideally, they can be sighted during evening. Observers say as dolphins like human beings, whenever they find people watching them from the shore, they come closer to them and play, unlike other fish.

This human-friendly attitude of dolphins has come as a boon to the forest authorities, who intend to encourage their sighting at Sagara Sangamam in an organised manner as part of promoting eco-tourism. The forest authorities are working out a plan to take up a study on the movement of the dolphins, their sizes, number and the timing when they come out to the surface water and also their attitude towards the presence of human beings watching them from the shore. Based on the study report, they intend to promote sighting of dolphins and provide requisite amenities for the benefit of visitors at Sagara Sangamam.

Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu was impressed by Master Ravikar Reddy, a little boy from Madanapalle, who had the rarest opportunity for a civilian, to visit a forward post on India-Pakistan border and see from close quarters, BSF jawans who guard the border day and night. Ravikar Reddy wrote a letter to BSF Director General KK Sharma expressing his desire to visit the forward post of the BSF on the Indo-Pak border.

Seeing the patriotic spirit and interest in defence services of the country, BSF DG give Ravikar, who is in V standard, an opportunity to visit the forward post. He was allowed to visit Murar Border post from March 21 to 26. When the DG asked why he had written the letter, Ravikar told him that he came to know about how BSF jawans guard the borders day and night without rest or complaint. He said he always wanted to see them and so he wrote the letter.

When the little kid had narrated it all to Chandrababu Naidu at his residence in Undavalli on Sunday, CM was very impressed and engaged the kid in conversation. During the course of his interaction, the Chief Minister found Ravikar to be up-to-date with current affairs. Praising the kid's parents Narasimha Reddy and Indira for the child's upbringing, he said the government will strive to improve knowledge inputs for the children's development.

When Ravikar expressed his desire to speak in Mahanadu, Naidu asked the child why does he want to do that. Ravikar explained that only a child can be able to communicate to another child properly. Impressed, Naidu agreed to let him speak in the next Mahanadu. On Ravikar's request, he was sent to Polavaram Project site along with his parents to see the ongoing project work.