Long queues were seen at banks and ATMs in Hyderabad, Warangal and other towns in Telangana. The situation was no different in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and other towns in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

Naidu announced that the RBI has released Rs 2,000 crore worth currency in smaller denominations for Andhra Pradesh that should provide some relief to people from Monday.

Following this, bank authorities locked the ATM and handed over the CCTV footage of the incident to police for further action.

“At present, four cricket academies were being run in the State and these facilities would lead to several top sportsmen emerging in future,” Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said.

Sachin announced that he would adopt Gollapalli village, half a km from Puttamrajuvari Kandriga and added that It would be developed with an amount of about Rs 3.05 crore.

Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday visited Puttamraju Kandrika village which he had adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. He also inaugurated a community development building and interacted with villagers and officials on the implementation of Swachh Bharat initiatives.

Satyanarayana Chowdary said they would now press for a legislative backing to the special development package the Centre has announced for Andhra Pradesh.

"The HC issued notices to the MLAs to hear on admissibility of the writ petitions and not with regard to the merits of the case and clarified that it wants to hear the MLAs on the maintainability of the writ petitions," Srinivas said.

In the first half of the current fiscal, Energy utilities of Andhra Pradesh made rapid strides on various fronts, achieving yet another distinction by bringing down the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses to a record 9.98 per cent, lowest in the country.

"The tax evaders and the corrupt should not be spared but at the same time the common man should not be put to hardship," B V Rama Rao, the president of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Industries (FAPI). said.

Bisht lauded the vital role played by the logistics planners in development of credible operational capability and to maintain the desired level of operational readiness of the Navy.

The pilgrims, who flock from all over the country to the temple town, had a tough time buying food and other essential items of daily use. Some were facing difficulties even in buying milk for their children.

"Our aim is to completely wipe out contagious diseases from the state. It is possible. We have to work on this daily and in two years make AP mosquito-free," Chandrababu said.