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  • Sandy Riedel
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    CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister K.Rosiah on Wednesday confirmed that the state government helicopter carrying Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy has landed in a forest area in Chitoor District, and efforts are on to locate it.

    Addressing a news conference in the state capital, Rosiah said: “All state and central forces are on alert. At the moment, we are still tracing the location of the missing chopper, which has landed in the forests in the Chitoor-Nellore area. We are finding a way to reach the place.”

    Rosiah said the state government has alerted the Union Home Ministry about the missing chopper. He said search choppers, including two Indian Air Force Chetak helicopters have been roped in for the search operations. He said that after 9.35 a.m., contact had been lost with the chopper carrying the chief minister.

    Rosiah said that the Prime Minister’s office as well as the offices of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Defence Minister A.K. Antony are being kept posted about the latest developments.

    He also issued an appeal to the public to contribute to the search effort.

    Link: http://blog.taragana.com/n/cms-chopper-has-landed-search-on-...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 1:32 pm
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    Re: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    The following is the statement from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the missing helicopter of Government of Andhra Pradesh:

    Link: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=52335
    • 02 Sep 2009, 6:04 pm
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    Re^2: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    The Centre has decided to send about 5,000 CRPF personnel for a combing operation in naxal-affected dense forests to trace Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy whose helicopter went missing an hour after it took off carrying him from Hyderabad today.

    Home Ministry officials said five battalions (about 5,000 men) of the Central Paramilitary Force will be pressed into search operation on the route over which Andhra chief minister was to fly.

    The troops will carry out a massive combing operation in the dense forests of naxal-infested Kurnool district.

    The CRPF personnel will be called from neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Orissa, the officials said adding the first batch of these men is expected to reach soon.

    Link: http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/02183804/Govt-to-send-5000-C...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 6:07 pm
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    Re^3: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chavan are leaving for Hyderabad to monitor the operation to locate the missing helicopter that was carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

    Moily told IANS that he was “going to Hyderabad” to monitor the search operation. Sources said Chavan would accompany him.

    Congress President and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will visit Hyderabad on Thursday. Sonia called up Reddy's wife on Wednesday evening and is believed to have expressed concern with the family over the missing incident of Reddy.


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    http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/moily-prithvira...
    http://www.dailyindia.com/show/331919.php
    This post was modified on 02 Sep 2009 at 06:59 pm.
    • 02 Sep 2009, 6:49 pm
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    Re^4: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    A massive search operation is on in the Nallamalla forest area where Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's helicopter believed to have gone missing.

    The Indian Space Research Organisation captured 41 high resolution images of the territory where the chopper went missing and the data is now being analysed at the National Remote Sensing Agency at Balanagar here, State Finance Minister K Rosaish and Chief Secretary P Ramakant Reddy said.

    While ground search operations are still on, five helicopters and one aircraft will be pressed into service early tomorrow morning to trace the missing helicopter, they told reporters tonight at the State Secretariat here.

    Hundreds of CRPF and State Commando Forces are conducting ground searches in the dense forest using powerful night vision devices.

    Link: http://www.ptinews.com/news/262264_No-indication-of-YSR-s-ch...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 8:58 pm
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    Re^5: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    "I plan a surprise visit to villages to check relief measures for drought".

    Those were the last words of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in an interaction with the media before he boarded the helicopter which went missing an hour after taking off from here.

    Reddy, 60, said he planned a surprise visit to villages and did not want give any notice until the last moment. "I want to check the delivering mechanism in villages. I want to check all the problems like drought and unemployment and check if all policies have been implemented", he said.

    Reddy said he planned to go to 2-3 villages every month and check the progress of implementation of the policies.

    Link: http://www.ptinews.com/news/262274_Reddy-planned-to-visit-vi...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 9:39 pm
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    Re^6: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    As the news of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s missing helicopter spread, the streets literally emptied with people sitting in front of their TV sets, anxiously awaiting the latest news.

    Hopeful admirers congregated to temples, mosques and churches and held special prayers for the safety of YSR. A group of Muslim employees offered prayers in front of his office in the Secretariat.

    Link: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/23095/fears-tears-prayer...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 9:47 pm
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    Re^7: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    The two pilots on board in the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, which went missing a hour after it took off from here this morning, were identified as Captain S K Bhatia and co-pilot M S Reddy, according to sources.

    Chief Minister's Principal Secretary P Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer A S C John Wesley and the two pilots were on board the missing twin-engined government helicopter which took off from the old Begumpet Airport here at 8.35 am to Chitoor.

    The CM was supposed to land Chitoor at 10.45 am but his chopper lost radio contact with Air Traffic Control at the Old Begumpet Airport after 9.35 am and since then there has not been any contact with the Chief Minister.

    Link: http://www.ptinews.com/news/262125_Pilots-of-Andhra-Pradesh-...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 10:10 pm
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    Re^8: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    The US has offered all help in locating Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S R Reddy whose helicopter went missing in the state this morning.

    US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer was in touch with Home Minister P Chidambaram through the day and offered all help in this development, the Embassy spokesman said.

    His heart goes out to all those involved in the development, the spokesman said.

    Link: http://www.ptinews.com/news/262126_US-offers-help-in-locatin...
    • 02 Sep 2009, 10:51 pm
  • Sandy Riedel
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    Re^9: CM’s Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy chopper has landed, search on for its location
    India resumes aerial searches today for the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state after photos taken from a plane showed no signs of his helicopter that went missing in a forest where Maoist rebels operate.

    Authorities deployed search parties and a fleet of seven helicopters yesterday in a bid to trace Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, a leading politician from the ruling Congress Party.

    Photographs taken by an Indian Space Research Organization aircraft that flew low over the Nallamalla forest in the southern state showed no traces of the chopper or debris, the Press Trust of India reported late yesterday.

    Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=auIQ...
    • 03 Sep 2009, 04:53 am