TDP to start blood bank, library

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 23. The Telugu Desam, which has taken a number of innovative initiatives, plans to build a blood bank and set up a well-equipped library in the NTR Bhavan here.

`Telugu Desam is not only about politics. There is service too. We will have the best possible blood bank and library here', the party president, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu said.

The party was promoting ethical and spiritual values for its cadre and encouraging healthy habits. The party had a large cadre and the blood they contributed could be of great help to the needy.

Mr. Chandrababu Naidu was having a chat with reporters at the party office on Friday. He outlined the plan to redesign the ongoing training for the constituency-level leaders to include field visits to `best nursed' or `well developed' constituencies, Apparel Park and Swami Ramamananda Tirtha Institute of Rural Development at Pochampally, Hi-Tec City, Ramoji Film City, etc. A new technology and communication museum was coming up near NTR Ghat showcasing the latest in the field.

The Chief Minister said he would give high priority to employment and was seeking the help of the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G. M. C. Balayogi, to get the best of `small technology' available abroad for suitable application in setting up self-employment ventures in the State. With the expected release of World Bank assistance of Rs 2000 crores, the State would have about Rs 3200 crores for self-employment. `This is a lot of money and we have to put it to best use harnessing these technologies', he said.

He was striving to bring in changes in politics, governance and other fields through reforms. `There is some change no doubt, but I am not happy with the pace. It has to be faster', he said.

In line with this thinking, he said, 10,000 Government functionaries and 5,000 partymen were identified as `change agents' who will undergo training and later catalyse change in the society also.

Earlier in the day, Mr. Naidu interacted with functionaries from Anantapur, Chittoor and Cuddapah district attending the training camp here.

The Minister for Finance, Mr. Y. Ramakrishnudu, in his valedictory address to the camp, said politics had undergone a seachange in the past 20 years. Unlike a bureaucrat who was answerable only to the Government, a politician was under the close watch of the people, the Opposition, his own partmen and the media.

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