The TDP National General Secretary, Nara Lokesh, expressed deep concern on Tuesday over the unfortunate increase in the unemployment rate in the state, reaching 24%, the highest in the country.
Lokesh took to Twitter to highlight that Andhra Pradesh, compared to all other states, recorded the highest unemployment rate of 24%. He blamed Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for the economic decline, stating that the state, once prosperous with job opportunities, has been ruined, causing disappointment among the youth. Lokesh expressed his wish for a brighter future for the qualified youth in the state.
Women representatives from the Payakaraopet Assembly segment complained to Lokesh during his ongoing Yuva Galam pada yatra at Godicherla village that there is no security for them in the YSRCP rule. In a memorandum to Lokesh, they said that there is no use of the Disha Act and made an appeal to him that the coming TDP government bring in legislation that provides security for women in the state.
The women representatives also requested Lokesh to set up employment training centres and sanction loans to them on subsidy. They also wanted facilities like pension for single women and Pendli Kanuka (wedding gift) be introduced by the next government to be formed by the TDP.
Observing that the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government is cheating women in the name of the Disha Act, which is not at all in existence, Lokesh told the women representatives that the murders and atrocities committed against women in daylight are totally ignored. «Soon after the TDP forms the next government, legislation on the lines of the East Coast States will be enacted for the security of women in the state, and the Maha Sakthi scheme will be introduced to solve the problems of women,» he added. Lokesh also promised to provide free bus travel facilities for women and a financial assistance of Rs 2,500 per month for every woman in the state, besides sanctioning loans on high subsidy to them. Women entrepreneurs will be encouraged with special incentives, and the Pendli Kanuka scheme will be implemented, he said.
At Uddandapuram of Nakkapalli mandal in Payakaraopet Assembly segment, the villagers brought to the notice of Lokesh that 75 per cent of the works of phase four of the Central Public Works Service (CPWS) are complete, as the necessary funds of Rs 51 crore were released during the TDP regime to solve the drinking water problem in their area, but after the YSRCP came to power, these works came to a standstill.
As a result, 80 villages in the area are not getting safe drinking water.
The villagers informed Lokesh and made an appeal to him to complete the remaining works to supply safe drinking water to 80 villages in their area.
