AP Chief Secretary K. Vijayand Unveiling a plaque to mark the settlement of new facilities at S. Uppalapadu village in Kadapa district on Tuesday. Government and Local Mla C. Adiinarayana Reddy, Cholector Sridhadar Cherukuri, Director of Prohibition and Excise Tellangana ch. Hari Kira and nri patron M. Rammanohar Reddy are seen. | Photo credit: Worksheet
State Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand inaugurated a number of new infrastructure facilities at S. Uppalapadu village in Jammalamadugu constituency of Kadapa district on Tuesday. The village gained attention when an official adopted it in 2018 and called non-resident M. Rammanohar Reddy, who also hails from the village, to support the initiative.
Mr. Vijayanand inaugurated the new facilities along with the then Kadapa Collector Ch. Hari Kiran who is currently the Director (Prohibition and Excise) of Telangana Government.
The facilities include a ₹75 lakh community canteen funded by Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Private Corporation, a ₹86 lakh community hall under AP Transco’s CSR funds, 20 ₹5 crore cement and BT roads through Panchayat Raj and PR Engineering departments, four ₹5 link roads through ₹4.9 Gangcrore5 lakh renovation of R&B temple from CGF Endowments.
Joint Collector Nidhi Meena, Superintendent of Police (SP) Nachiket Vishwanath Shelke and TDP District Leader C. Bhupesh Reddy were among those who formally called on the Chief Secretary.
Published – 20 Jan 2026 20:29 IST
