AP govt spent Rs 1900 Cr towards ‘Aarogyasri services’

Vijayawada, May 8 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Minister for Civil Supplies Kodali Venkateswara Rao said that the government had spent over Rs 1900 crore towards ‘Aarogyasri services’ and they could spend another Rs 1600 crore for vaccines.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the minister said that the government is ready to vaccinate 10 lakh people a day and complete the entire vaccination in just 40 days. He dared former state CM N Chandrababu to provide vaccines as the government is ready to pay Rs 1600 crore.
The minister said that they had already consulted with Bharat Biotech and Serum companies for vaccines but the companies told that they could not supply the vaccine in the current scenario, as it could take time. In regard to this, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had written to the Centre twice for the vaccine, the minister informed.
The minister dismissed allegations of the Opposition Telugu Desam party that the government could not buy the vaccine at a cost of Rs.1600 crore. Responding to the TDP leaders’ demand of handing over the Chief Minister post to opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu for a week to bring the coronavirus situation in control, the minister said that people had defeated TDP-led Chandrababu in 2019 elections as he failed to develop the state in the last five years and pushing the State into pile of debts which is about Rs 3.6 lakh crore.
The Minister said that the government is spending crores of rupees to provide treatment for Covid and taking effective measures to control the virus, he said.