Visakhapatnam: Union urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced on Monday that Andhra Pradesh will soon be a separate railway zone with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. Mr Venkaiah Naidu and Union minister for health and family welfare J.P. Nadda inaugurated the central government health scheme wellness centre in Chinna Waltair area.
Mr Venkaiah Naidu said the Union government is concerned about the development of Visakhapatnam.
“Even though they were not included in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014, we have sanctioned several projects and institutions for Visakhap-atnam, including the Vis-akhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor. Visakhapatnam is going to be the 30th city on the map of CGHS,” he said. Mr Nadda said state health minister Kamineni Srinivas and Visakhapat-nam Member of Parliame-nt P. Kambhampati Haribabu brought the seriousness of Uddanam Nephro-pathy (the kidney-related disease prevalent in Uddanam region of Srikakulam district) to his attention. “We will set up two more dialysis units for kidney patients in Srikaku-lam district. We will send a special team from the Indian Council of Medical Research to find solutions for this problem.”
“There are 30.8 lakh beneficiaries of CGHS-well-ness centres across India out of which 10 lakh are pensioners. The wellness centre in Visakhapatnam will cater to an estimated 80,000 serving and pensioner beneficiaries,” he said. Mr Haribabu, Mr Srinivas and HRD minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao were among those present.
