Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar visited thandas, a dialysis centre in A Kondur and G Kondur mandals in NTR district on Tuesday,
The Minister said that ₹24 crore worth of benefits were extended to 57,000 beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana programme in the NTR district.
The Minister inspected the functioning of the Primary Health Care centre at G. Konduru mandal and interacted with the local people. She interacted with residents of a lambada thanda in A. Konduru mandal regarding the drinking water availability. Pouring out their woes, the people said that the water was being supplied once in two days. The officials, however, said that there was no scarcity of drinking water. The Union Minister took exception to the contradictory replies from the officials.
