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AP: Priority for development along with welfare: Kakinada MP

Kakinada, July 18 (UNI) Kakinada MP Thangella Uday Srinivas said that equal priority for developmental works was being given along with the implementation of welfare schemes.
Participating in the door-to-door campaign on the one year achievements of the Alliance government along with local MLA Yanamala Divya in Thondangi mandal on Friday, Srinivas said almost 90 percent of the election promises were implemented and cent percent would be fulfilled soon.
The MP further said that in the parliamentary constituency, developmental works would be executed with state government funds, employment guarantee scheme funds and the MPLADs.
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