Rs 6.75 cr for improvement of Rajahmundry Central prison

Friday, March 10, 2006, 20:05 [IST]

Hyderabad, Mar 10 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy today said the government had sanctioned Rs 6.75 crore for repairs, renovation and extensions to the Remand block of the Rajahmundry Central Prison in East Godavari district under the Perspective Plan on Prison Refors and Quarters scheme.

Replying to a question by R Suryaprakasa Rao (Congress), he said the government had also sanctioned Rs 2.57 crore for construction of quarters.

Replying to supplementaries on prison reforms, the Minister said the government had already conducted video conferencing to avoid the risk involved in transporting undertrial prisoners to the courts.

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New Delhi, Mar 10 (UNI) India and China begin the seventh meeting of their Special Representatives on the vexed boundary question here tomorrow, a spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry said today. The Indian delegation at the talks will be headed by National Security Advisor (NSA) M K Narayanan, who is India's Special Representative on the boundary question, while the Chinese side will be led by Mr Dai Bingguo, Executive Vice Foreign Minister and.....