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Andhra CM launches 58 firefighting vehicles worth ₹40 crore
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu flagged off 58 firefighting vehicles costing around ₹40 crore in Amaravati on Friday, funded from the 15th Finance Commission. The fleet includes 25 advanced vehicles…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu flagged off 58 firefighting vehicles costing around ₹40 crore in Amaravati on Friday, funded from the 15th Finance Commission. The fleet includes 25 advanced vehicles for rural and forest areas costing ₹18.68 crore, 20 water bowsers (14,000-litre capacity each) at ₹14.79 crore, and 13 quick-response multipurpose vehicles costing ₹6.37 crore.
Naidu said the government is modernising the Fire Services Department in phases at a total cost of ₹252.86 crore with central and state funds. The first phase delivered 65 vehicles worth ₹33 crore. Construction of 17 new fire stations is underway at ₹2.25 crore each, six are complete, and 36 existing stations are being upgraded.
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This is Andhra's second phase of a ₹252.86 crore fire-services upgrade, funded by both Centre and State. The usual cynicism about election-year announcements should be tested against concrete targets: 17 new fire stations are under construction at ₹2.25 crore each, and 36 existing ones are being modernised. Will the third phase arrive on schedule, or will administrative inertia slow deployment? The number to watch is how many of these advanced vehicles actually reach rural and forest stations within a year.
Source: thehindu.com
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