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Civil contractors in Telangana are facing financial distress as pending government bills worth Rs 1,000 crore, including Rs 505 crore for small contractors, remain unpaid. Protests have erupted, highlighting delays, insufficient funds, and alleged preferential treatment for larger firms
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Issue a 15-day ultimatum for clearance of pending bills related to ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ works; condemn favouritism towards big contractors
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The ex-sarpanches have been crying for government attention as unpaid bills amounting to over Rs 1,300 crore for development works undertaken during their tenure since 2019 are pending
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Rs 153 crore released by Congress government pertain to contractors’ bills taken up under Special Development Fund; sarpanches’ bills have not been cleared yet, says Telangana Sarpanch Sangham JAC
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The protest was organized under the banner of the Telangana Sarpanches Association Joint Action Committee. Taking advantage of the Prajavani programme being held at Praja Bhavan, the committee members arrived at the venue to present yet another appeal to the government.
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Says while sarpanches are left struggling for their pending payments, Ministers are ensuring bills are paid to contractors who agree to pay hefty commissions
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The Association also wants the government to release four DA instalments, implement Employee Health Scheme, reinstate old pension system
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A video of the holy dip has also gone viral on social media. Sources indicate that the contractors, hailing from Bagalkot district in North Karnataka, sought divine intervention for the settlement of outstanding dues and the launch of new schemes to support their work
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During a meeting of UTF state office bearers held on Sunday, MLC A. Narsi Reddy and UTF President Chava Ravi stated that increasing the retirement age to delay pension payments is unjustified.
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In this regard, CESS officials had already served notices twice in December last year and in this month. As there was no response from the municipal authorities, CESS officials disconnected electricity supply on Friday
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Due to non-payment of Arogyasri amount, poor and the needy are not able to get health services from network hospitals, says Union Minister of State for Home
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The Board needs to pay pending electricity bills worth Rs 5,500 crore and previous loans of Rs 1,847 crore; Chief Minister wants action plan to overcome crisis
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Addressing the students after distributing sweaters and blankets to students at bridge school in Siddipet on Saturday, Rao said that the pending mess bills were hurting the functioning of residential schools and colleges. He demanded that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy release the pending bills immediately
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On Sunday, when members of the Sarpanches JAC attempted to submit a symbolic representation at the BR Ambedkar statue at the Secretariat, they were stopped by the police. The committee members were detained and taken to the Bandlaguda police station.
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Telangana Sarpanches Association Joint Action Committee terms government’s actions as repressive, accuses administration of treating former elected representatives like criminals
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Teachers have been facing serious difficulties as their bills related to GPF, medical, surrender leaves, TSGLI and retirement benefits have been pending with the State government for the last one and half years, said Sripal Reddy
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Not just in Hyderabad, former Sarpanches in different areas across the State were arrested and were being prevented from staging protests
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Say they were unable to buy fodder for their cattle and to meet day-to-day expenses due to delay in payment of bills
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Mild tension at Martyrs Memorial as heated arguments break out between cops and protesters; some former sarpanches taken into custody
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The State government on Thursday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to approve 10 key bills pertaining to the State which were pending with her.